Does the GOP Hate Immigrants More Than Big Government? New at Reason

The Chairman of the misnamed Hose Freedom Caucus Mark Meadows recently threatened to shut down the government in fall if the upcoming spending billBorder Wall failed to include adequate funding for the Great Wall of Trump. Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, a rising star in the GOP, has launched an attack on legal immigration. He just authored the RAISE Act which would slash by half foreigners, even high skilled ones, who want to legally work and live in the country. Why? To protect Americans from competition.

Between the two of them, notes Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia, they show that the GOP now hates immigrants more than Big Government—or love the free market.

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