of what immigration is. there is a reason, i think it was chuck todd aets show that talked about how nobody in norway wants to come here. the fact that donald trump wants people from norway to come here, that s about how he thinks of immigration as a racial buttressing. immigration is not a fun process. it is a difficult process. and you only get up and move if you think the place you re going to will be better. and as has been pointed out, as for the politics of it, the notion of having asylum or protection for people who are fleeing problems has been a bipartisan framework for immigration since the civil rights era. it is also what gives us foreign policy heft. it is the idea that we stand up for these things.