An anti-Trump march in L.A. earlier this year.

Not that this is the least bit surprising, but two nativist anti-immigrant groups—that want to largely constrict even legal immigration—tell Reuters they have consulted with the Trump campaign on immigration policy.

NumbersUSA and the Center for Immigration Studies, which for years have denied accusations they harbor radical views on immigration, told Reuters they had met or had telephone calls with either Trump or senior members of his campaign over the past year. [...] "The aim should be to halt all immigration possible," NumbersUSA head Roy Beck wrote in a blog in March. [...] The head of CIS, Mark Krikorian, has argued against legal immigration extensively. Last year he wrote in the National Review that mass legal immigration would end U.S. conservatism, because immigrants tend to have more liberal views on issues like gun rights.

For some reason, the Trump campaign declined to comment for this story. Look, these are hate groups masquerading as immigration groups. They were both "founded and funded by John Tanton, a retired Michigan ophthalmologist who operates a racist publishing company and has written that to maintain American culture, 'a European-American majority' is required," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Krikorian was the architect of Mitt Romney’s disastrous “self-deportation” policy in 2012.

So if you were wondering where Trump gets his immigration inspiration, that's where.

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