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Always has been? Like, we tend to abstract this stuff as "the economy,"* but of course the (or at least a) governing principle of any society is keeping its members at least somewhat fed and clothed. Even if cutting immigration was going to curb the rise of the far right (it won't), it's not an option because it'd seriously compromise the welfare of society.
*This is ignoring the other economy, which refers to rich people's yacht money.