@JuliaGYoung had a good op-ed on this a few mos ago. Americans can’t reconcile their dependence on inexpensive service and agricultural labor with enfranchising the people who provide it in this country. https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/outlook/2019/01/09/how-americans-became-addicted-undocumented-immigration/ …
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The entire category has become so politicized over the course of the last 50 years because of that one last-minute decision on caps in 1965 that it makes it impossible to discuss skilled, family and refugee immigration.
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Also Canada takes ~3X as many immigrants as we do relative to their overall population size (although more skilled rather than family) and they’re fine. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/canada-million-immigrants-years/story?id=60306973 …
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It’s Frum. In the Atlantic. You expected more from that combo?
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This one was actually good though.https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/513872/ …
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