> This is a far shot from being against legal migration entirely.
Sure, its simply about preferring strong ethnic controls on immigration: while only 50% of Republicans think legal immigration should be decreased, 61% think that immigration "from other cultures" has mainly negative consequences. It's not that Republicans are against legal immigration entirely, its just that they are (in the majority) against any immigration from the places most immigrants come from; they are fine with legal immigration of white Christian conservatives, especially from the rest of the anglosphere.
I think that is closer, but still a strawman. I think the ethnic boundaries are more flexible than you portray. Immigration of diverse cultures are acceptable as long as they are not a cultural threat, and the target isn't zero.
> As far as the Republican Party, statistics don’t back up the idea they are okay with legal immigration.
I said majority of people, not majority of republicans. That means there are still many republicans that like legal immigration, wealthy people like when labor is allowed to immigrate, Elon Musk is one such person among many others.
If Trump said he would deport all the legal immigrants he would likely not have won the election, that they are illegal is core to his support.
https://globalaffairs.org/research/public-opinion-survey/rep...
In Florida, Desantis is so against legal migration he is trying to relax child labor laws.
Even now there is a share of Republicans especially in southern states who are still against interracial marriages.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/interracial-marri...