In the end, it doesn't matter whether we have a blanket amnesty or mass deportations with virtually zero immigration, because unless those are accompanied by other forms of massive government oppression, there are still going to be female, gay, and Black people on TV.

The politics of immigration are not about the border. They're not about immigration. They're about people behaving contrary to "the way things ought to be." Like all fronts in the Culture Wars, they're a scapegoat, a way to avoid saying what the Culture Warriors really care about - the reinstitution of segregation, the subordination of women, and the eradication (or at least visible erasure) of anyone LGBTQ+.

It doesn't matter what you do about immigration or the border, one way or another - the Culture Warriors want the above and will continue to fight for it.