It's reality - the government pretty much invited them in and then protected them for years - while not nearly the same thing - it's similar in concept to a lot of us being promised free health care for life if we spent 20 years in the military then having that rug yanked out. We still get a better deal than the rest of the country, but it was a compromise made because of broken promises.
Not pleased with it, but can live with it until we find out what the final solution for addressing them will be.