Former President Donald Trump's supporters have a reputation for sticking with his ideas through thick and thin — but they're not happy with his latest proposal, Newsweek reported.
Specifically, Trump, long known for his hardline immigration restrictionism across the board, is offering a rare proposal to make a certain type of immigration easier — and many on the far-right are going ballistic.
"Speaking on the All-In Podcast, the Republican presidential hopeful ... described a plan to help the United States import and retain high-skilled workers," Newsweek reported.
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"'What I want to do, and what I will do, is — you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country,' Trump said. 'And that includes junior colleges, too.'"
In proposing this, Trump matches the longtime rhetoric of his party, which has condemned illegal immigration but proposed putting emphasis on immigration for "high-skilled" workers.
But a lot of Trump supporters were enraged.
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"Stapling green cards to college degrees is a bad idea from Trump," wrote right-wing commentator Ashley St. Clair.
"Why would we make citizenship contingent on graduation from captured institutions where kids are taught to not only hate America + the West, but that there is a moral imperative to dismantle both? We need great talent to come here legally, but guaranteeing citizenship through completely captured institutions is not the way!"
Jack Posobiec, a far-right troll known for his involvement in pushing the Pizzagate conspiracy theory, agreed: "America has plenty of skilled workers who need better jobs; Americans come first."
Meanwhile, Trump's longtime ally and former adviser Steve Bannon made his position clear: "I have an alternative proposal. We cut in half the foreign students coming to this country, allow American kids in those schools, and on the back of their diplomas what we attach is an Exit Visa. American citizens first."
All of this comes as President Joe Biden institutes his own new policies to manage immigration policy and border security, including a new policy to control asylum entries and a streamlined residency process for over 500,000 undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens.