Conservative or Liberal views of immigration

Throughout American history, pro- and anti-immigrant voices have co-existed and public policy has generally responded to whichever voice commanded the majority of public opinion at the time. The various perspectives on the immigration debate cannot adequately be described as “conservative” or “liberal” nor as Republican or Democrats: the debated has, throughout history just as it does now, divided otherwise homogeneous ideological blocs. [Immigration Legal Resource Center, A Guide to Immigration Advocates (San Francisco: Immigrant Resource Center, 2006), 2:21-22.] Cited in
Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion & Truth in the Immigration Debate, p. 49.