Politics
Politically, the problem is what scholars call "client politics," where organized interest groups benefit at the expense of the public. So, some employers like immigration because it keeps labor costs down, while racial-identity...want more warm bodies to pretend to represent, which helps them get bigger grants from the government and foundations and corporations.
President Obama's Big Bang Theory of Hispanic Reelection Support: Part 1
Topics: The 2012 Presidental Election
Selective Immigration Enforcement: Discretion in the Service of President's Reelection
Topics: The 2012 Presidental Election
False Promise: Immigration Policy in the President's First Term
Topics: The 2012 Presidental Election
Who Voted in 2012?
Results from the Census Bureau’s November Voting and Registration Supplement
Topics: The 2012 Presidental Election