Right, and the basques were welcomed with open arms from the very beginning... oh wait, what's this....

Attitudes and actions towards Basques were often revealed in local papers. In 1909, the Caldwell Tribune stated: “The scale of living and the methods of doing business of the Bascos are on a par with those of the Chinamen. However, they have some undesirable characteristics that the Chinese are free from.” Although the Chinese had been excluded earlier and generally remained near the bottom of social levels of acceptance, the author revealed his desire to place the Basques at society’s lowest rung. The article continued by describing the Basques as “filthy, treacherous, and meddlesome. However, they work hard and save their money. They are clannish and undesirable,” the author warned, “but they have a foothold and unless something is done will make life impossible for the white man.” On the floor of the Senate, Key Pittman of Nevada delivered a vituperative description of Basques herders. “[The sheepmen] get that class of labor because they seem to be adapted for sheep herding, and they are lacking in intelligence, independence, or anything else. They are just about as near a slave as anybody could be under our present existing conditions.”

These herders and their practices continued to be the target of much American animosity. Ironically, while most of the settled livestock interests had recently migrated to the area and started their businesses in a similar fashion, they continued to view these “tramp” sheepmen as the epitome of the anti-American. Their argument held that these rootless wanderers trespassed on their land, cared little to nothing about local affairs, and merely stripped the land of its value and returned with their riches to their homeland.

Quoted from http://sspa.boisestate.edu/idaho/exhibitions-tours/idaho-issues-online/immigration/basque/

Yep, that same subgroup you regard as a great addition to Idaho, was viewed as a threat to our very culture when they arrived. And yet now they are a vibrant and valued part of Idaho despite attitudes remarkably like yours when they arrived. Idaho has changed and grown over the decades since it was established, with various people coming and going, and we are still Idaho, and still great. We can not just survive but thrive when we fold these new people into our state.