Anti-Immigrant

Open borders extremists attempt to slur those supporting immigration reduction as being "anti immigrant". This is nonsense, but by repeatedly issuing the false accusation they are trying to make it stick.

Saying that one who favors immigration reduction is "anti-immigrant" makes no more sense than saying that one who is on a diet is "anti-food". One certainly can be very supportive of legal immigrants while standing for the rule of law and elimination of illegal immigration into the United States.

Open borders extremists want to silence debate by name calling. In fact, ad hominem attack or name calling is recognized as a formal debating tactic which is often applied when one is in a losing position.

Misleading statements are not limited to special interest race-based organizations. It has been common to see the media malign those in support of immigration reduction as "anti-immigrant". For example, although the Washington Post typically takes the position of defending illegal aliens, they have publicly stated that those opposed to illegal immigration are not anti-immigrant. In a March 2, 2008 commentary, the newspaper's Ombudsman issue chided the editors for failure to uphold their own policy against such references, stating, "A few 'anti-immigrant' references have popped up in recent stories and shouldn't have."⁸

Whenever you hear the accusation "anti-immigrant", remember that it is code for "we want to shut down debate of the issue on its own merits."