A good first step!

btw you got a typo:
Republicans were near-unanimous, while Republicans were split:

Thanks! I certainly did not mean to say that the Republicans can be nearly unanimous and split at the same time.

But now that I think about it....

There's nothing wrong with overt racism if it is in the defense of one's people. In fact, if these immigrants were of my people, I don't think I'd really care that much. But they aren't; they're a competing people of an alien culture that would like very much to take over this civilization. So as far as I'm concerned, the racist argument is the only compelling argument for border control, and that's plenty good enough for me. We have to get over this nonsense that thinking of yourself as a people with a common ethnicity that deserves to survive and flourish as a distinct people is wrong. Whites are the only group on earth who thinks that way, and it will lead to our extinction and our society's extinction if we don't wise up.

Mark, I disagree that whiteness constitutes "my own people." To the extent that I have a "people," my own people would be the American people, because I am a native born American. Being of Norwegian descent, does that mean that the Norwegians are "my own people"? I have little in common with them and don't speak the language; if they went to war against the US, should I side with them? It doesn't make sense. Likewise, Italians and Germans are white, but the US went to war against them. I've never much cared for the French; should I change my mind because of their "whiteness"? What about Jews? Are they white? Lebanese? Portuguese? Spanish? Americans with Indian blood?

But you have a right to advocate your position. Aside from the fact that I disagree, the problem with the whiteness argument is that it is political poison -- extremely unpopular with the vast majority of Americans -- including most whites. To the extent that it manages to be spun as characterizing the border control movement, I think any fallout is to the detriment of the latter.