Snow is a great example. As a kid, snow was freedom from school, a sculpting medium, a sledding surface, a new landscape to explore...
As an adult, it mostly means tangled commutes and manual labor.
Granted, a gentle snowstorm can be pretty nice when you don't have work the next day, but it doesn't have the same magic it did.
Because Republican leadership doesn't actually want to reduce immigration--they just want to keep immigrant labor cheap for the businesses that rely on it.