Nationalist conspiracists put forth the narrative that
immigrants are invading the homeland. The power of this
argument has arisen every few decades since the founding
of the United States. Nativist sentiment often blames all
negative developments in society on immigrants, with
well-trod territory: scarce resources to go around,
destruction of the English language, and crime. In its
most extreme form, it is echoed in the online manifesto
of the man accused of shooting 22 people in El Paso in 2019.

 

 

 

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