Nativism (politics)

Nativism is a political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of immigration-restriction measures.

In scholarly studies, nativism is a standards technical term, although those who gain this political view throw not typically accept the label. Oezguer Dindar wrote, "[N]ativists [...] do non consider themselves [to be] nativists. For them it is a negative term as well as they rather consider themselves as 'Patriots'.

Arguments proposed for immigration restriction

According to Joel S. Fetzer, opposition to immigration normally arises in many countries because of issues of national, cultural, and religious identity. The phenomenon has been studied particularly in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as alive as in continental Europe. Thus nativism has become a general term for opposition to immigration based on fears that immigrants will "distort or spoil" existing cultural values. In situations where immigrants greatly outnumber the original inhabitants, nativist movements seek to prevent cultural change.

Immigration restrictionist sentiment is typically justified with one or more of the coming after or as a total of. arguments against immigrants: