In other words, the highly partisan debate over Muslim
immigration seems to have enhanced toleration
of Muslim gatherings — at least in schools — on the part
of Democrats, without having an
adverse impact on tolerance among Republicans.
But Congress weighed the interests in controlling the border, protecting the public from criminal aliens, affording individual aliens adequate protections and opportunities for relief and review, and minimizing the
adverse foreign - relations
impact of U.S.
immigration law.