There&#x27;s not <i>necessarily</i> a conflict between the two. One middle road would be to maintain the welfare state, but to add a rule saying that only people whose ancestors were citizens before year X could receive welfare.<p>The result would be extremely visibly racist, but I think the right response to that is to understand that existing immigration laws are in effect <i>equally</i> racist. It&#x27;s the visibility that would change, rather than the degree.