Trump I think shows that Nativism is about race and ethnicity though. Exempting Obama, no otehr President has a more recent pedigree than he does given that Trump’s paternal grandparents, mother, and two of his three were immigrants. That’s all done by his supporters to suggest that he’s not being bigoted and just wants people to follow the law but Trump as we know has shown hostility towards asylum seekers and people emigrating from what he considers “shithole countries.”