There are many reasons behind the beliefs of those in favor of nativism. The immediate causes are fear, ignorance, conservatism, and racism. The truth is that things that are different at first intimidate people. They want stay as far away as possible from things out of the ordinary. People are ignorant and this happens very often. Many are too quick to judge and formulate an opinion of something before they even try to attempt to understand it. Conservatism is plays a role behind this belief as well because t

The ultimate cause of nativism in the United States is greed. Greed for the dominance, control, and maintain of power. Even though the United States was built on immigration the greed for social, political, economical overcomes that realization. In history people have fought against immigration because they are fearful of losing power of what they believe is there. Man is not happy without some type of power and control over something and when that power is achieved two things take place. One, they become greedy and blind of humanity just because of they craving of power. And two, they are willing to do what ever it take to keep that power than to share it with others. A present example is the illegal immigrants entering the country at the California and Mexican boarder. Instead of people trying to realize that Mexicans are fleeing the country because it is suffering they instead view it as more tax money. This is why immigrants pose a threat to nativist, because they can possibly take away their jobs, live in their neighborhoods, and possibly hold a political position.

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