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That's assuming uniform distribution. What actually happens is immigrants go where other immigrants go, affecting some communities far more than others. You'r
by Mikeb85 10y ago
That's assuming uniform distribution. What actually happens is immigrants go where other immigrants go, affecting some communities far more than others.
You're right, the US has a low rate of immigration and should be able to handle it, but that's not necessarily the case.
Also, 0.3% per year amounts to nearly 8% over one generation, not including differences in fertility between immigrant groups and born Americans.
- badsock 10y agoI'm very left, and I'm quite alright with measures like regional quotas designed to avoid "clumping" - which I believe would address most of your concern there. And you're right about the 8%, but since only about 10% of immigrants to the US are Muslim, really we're talking about 0.8%, over something like 25 to 30 years. That is so completely disproportionate to the hysteria over immigration (literally the number one issue for Trump voters, IIRC) I can't help but conclude that it's a purposeful scare campaign. Also, it's not often that any immigrant group is the boogeyman for more than a generation. It used to be the Irish, then the Polish, then the Puerto Ricans, and so on. A huge fuss is raised, and then they assimilate, at least in the US.