Next up in my "immigration and diversity" reading list: "The Other Side of Assimilation: How Immigrants Are Changing American Life", by Tomas Jimenez.https://www.amazon.com/Other-Side-Assimilation-Immigrants-Changing/dp/0520295706 …
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but it's hard to make that argument without triggering SJW left...which is why he doesn't do it. The fundamental issue is the SJW left seems to see any change in the current regime toward a higher skills mix or any attempts at enforcement as racist...and that is the impasse. 3/3
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I think the power of the "SJW left" is vastly inflated by the heightened threat sensitivity of conservatives. Yes, people will call you racist if you say we need to limit low-skilled immigration. But whatever. If you think it's the right policy, ignore that.
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yes we are the snowflakes now. LOL
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You don't agree with the theory that political conservatism is related to the personality trait of heightened threat sensitivity?
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maybe....that and the full spectrum morality that Jonathan Haidt talks about.
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Haidt was the first to tell me about the "threat sensitivity" theory, interestingly...in a taxicab in Tokyo.
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Someday I'll ask you about places to eat in Japan. On our travel list for the next 2-3 years.
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of the unskilled variety...from Africa, from Asia and yes, Central and South America. Thus the call for keeping immigration levels the same but increasing the skills mix probably means a reduction in total numbers over time 2/2
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Yes, given the collapse in Latin American low-skilled immigration, the idea of restricting low-skilled immigration is much more about the future than the present.
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And your supposition that rising GDP in Latin and South America tends to reduce the desire to immigrate seems like it may be wrong. Maybe instead it just increases the expectations for a better life and the wherewithal to achieve it by coming to the US or somewhere else.
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Rising GDP increases immigration pressure until about $8000 or so in PPP terms, then decreases it pretty rapidly after that. Mexico is at almost $18,000 now, Guatemala and El Salvador are just hitting it now (i.e. they're at their peak).
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And most of South America is above that level already.
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But do you think, say, millions of Venezuelans would immigrate here if we permitted it? Maybe that's a temporary contingency of a failing state but there does seem to be a much higher risk of failing states in the southern hemisphere.
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Maybe Venezuelans, given the collapse of their economy. BUT, check it out - they're *not* coming here like the Guatemalans are. Why not? Well, for one thing, Venezuela is farther away - a lot more borders to cross.
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There's probably quite a few who could afford a single one way plane trip to Miami....but again I doubt we make it easy for them to get visas because if we did there would be a great deal of induced demand. 1/2
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I doubt Reihan would disagree with anything you say in the review. He's deliberately crafted a book to avoid inflaming anti-racists so he avoids making the arguments you recommended to him. I suspect he sees a future with much more immigration pressure 1/2
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