It’s unlikely that the [Raise] Act will become law—even today, many Republicans in Congress would likely vote against it. (Some, like Lindsey Graham, have already publicly criticized it.) But in Trump, nativist activists and lawmakers finally have someone in the White House who speaks their language. ‘For the first time ever, a President has sought a reduction in legal immigration” [said Muzaffar Chishti, an immigration expert at the Migration Policy Institute]. “Even when Congress has been hostile to immigration, the President has always stood on the other side of the issue. This is from Wilson to Truman; it was true of Kennedy and Johnson and Reagan, all the way to George W. Bush and Obama. There have been no exceptions—until now.”