Well it's easy to reconcile when you don't oversimplify the concerns.
> it's the fundamental idea that people coming here is bad
Too many people coming here that don't integrate and don't assimilate is bad. A nation cannot thrive with too many conflicting demographics. Multiculturalism working to the degree people want it to these days is a total fantasy. People coming here and extracting value from the economy to send home is also a problem.
> We can't even allow things from other countries to come here.
We don't want to be reliant on other nations. So we incentivize internal production, and disincentivize importing. You can argue that the way that the administration went about it was ineffective at accomplishing that, and that'd be another conversation.
> To build prosperity, we need more production, which means more people.
So incentivize the native population to have more kids. Incentivize technological innovation that doesn't require mass importation of foreigners.
> it's the fundamental idea that people coming here is bad
Too many people coming here that don't integrate and don't assimilate is bad. A nation cannot thrive with too many conflicting demographics. Multiculturalism working to the degree people want it to these days is a total fantasy. People coming here and extracting value from the economy to send home is also a problem.
> We can't even allow things from other countries to come here.
We don't want to be reliant on other nations. So we incentivize internal production, and disincentivize importing. You can argue that the way that the administration went about it was ineffective at accomplishing that, and that'd be another conversation.
> To build prosperity, we need more production, which means more people.
So incentivize the native population to have more kids. Incentivize technological innovation that doesn't require mass importation of foreigners.