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- noun Plural form of
restrictionist .
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Examples
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None of the immigration restrictionists is trying to do anything about Mexican-Americans, who have the vote – only about illegal immigrants, who don’t.
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None of the immigration restrictionists is trying to do anything about Mexican-Americans, who have the vote – only about illegal immigrants, who don’t.
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None of the immigration restrictionists is trying to do anything about Mexican-Americans, who have the vote – only about illegal immigrants, who don’t.
VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » We’ve Found A Man Who Trusts John McCain 2008
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Of course, many of the restrictionists are actual grass roots.
Wonk Room » Nativist Mark Krikorian Warns That ‘Saddam Hussein’s BFFs Are Coming To Town Near You’ 2009
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The last downward jolt to the stock market occurred when Congress was last at work on the immigration bill and it became clear that restrictionists held the upper hand.
Latin America 2010
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More recently, restrictionists are retreating from the lovefest.
IPSC, first plenary session Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Immigration restrictionists claim that if only illegal labor vanished, U.S. employers would raise wages and Americans would flock to Yuma to pick lettuce.
Immigration 2010
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Some restrictionists saw psychology as a way to abandon intuition and stereotypes.
IPSC, first plenary session Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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As a supporter of what restrictionists would call an “open borders” policy, I was relieved when the Kyl-Kennedy bill seemingly died and am correspondingly displeased by its resurrection.
Immigration 2010
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During the debate on immigration reform, restrictionists sneered at the idea that imported labor plays any positive role in the American economy.
Immigration 2010
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