One relevant difference between abortion and immigration is that rival views about abortion, but not about immigration, correlate well with positions on the left-right continuum. Pulling the rope sideways thus seems easier in the case of immigration, because you can appeal to both the left and the right, and cannot be accused of being partisan to either.
One relevant difference between abortion and immigration is that rival views about abortion, but not about immigration, correlate well with positions on the left-right continuum. Pulling the rope sideways thus seems easier in the case of immigration, because you can appeal to both the left and the right, and cannot be accused of being partisan to either.
My impression was that the left is pro-immigrant (at least more so than the right) and the far right is very xenophobic.
Indeed, you’re right.