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by rdl·16y ago·view on hn ↗
Why does illegal immigration seem to be a bigger problem in California than in Texas? Maybe my perception of the relative problems is wrong, but certainly Californians complain a lot more about illegal immigrants (specifically, Mexicans and other Hispanics; not generally Asians) than Texans.

Is it just that Texas is less doomed overall? Or that the economy and government of Texas are more able to benefit from immigrants? Or something else?

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It’s because stirring up racist nativist voters with anti-immigrant rhetoric is (seen as) a more useful political strategy in CA than TX.

Unfortunately it’s both sides of the aisle: one of Senator Feinstein’s more shameful episodes was her support of stupid immigration policy (with back-up from the Clinton white house) in the 1990s, which she thought would help her politically.