He's playing to anti-immigrant sentiment for political gain, just to get additional votes.
"It's the fear of being in a place where anti-immigrant sentiment is increasing," she said.
In others, even discussion of such efforts has elicited anti-immigrant sentiments.
This trend is also demonstrated in anti-immigrant sentiments among the public.
The proposal comes at a time when anti-immigrant sentiment appears to be growing.
Hard-line anti-immigrant sentiment is not new on the Island.
This does not, however, mean that there is no anti-immigrant sentiment in Ireland.
However, his monopoly on anti-immigrant sentiment began to lose ground.
That gathering, its organizers said, was held to discuss what they characterized as a growing anti-immigrant sentiment.
But she was pleased by the show of strength - a response, she said, to anti-immigrant sentiments in the current debate.