The Minutemen and other restrictionist groups lobbied hard for defeat, calling the bill's legalization provision amnesty.

NPR: Immigration Stalemate Frustrates Arizona

Even more fallacious is the restrictionist argument that legalizing these kids will only encourage more illegal immigration.

FORBES: ObamaCare's First Major Casualties: Gays and Aliens

Restrictionist immigration laws passed in the 1920s made the U.S. miss the last four decades of mass European emigration.

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In this it seems to be marching in lock step with the ultra-restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) whose founder, Mark Krikorian, is a regular contributor to the magazine.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The idea that there is some kind of line that unskilled workers could stand in and wait their turn to gain legal residency is a complete figment of the restrictionist imagination.

FORBES: ObamaCare's First Major Casualties: Gays and Aliens

In Barack Obama's wildly multicultural America, strong restrictionist sentiments have not gained much political ground, and, at most, efforts are directed not at reducing legal immigration but rather shifting it toward a more meritocratic model.

FORBES: New Geographer

Some groups pushing the restrictionist agenda -- such as NUMBERS USA, the Federation for American Immigration Reform and the Center for Immigration Studies, all of them started with the help of nativist John Tanton -- want to limit legal immigration as well.

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