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"A baseline of "not a felon, terrorist, etc." ..." Australia was a penal colony ... yet they seem to be doing fine for themselves now. My point is ... why chan
by senthil_rajasek 10y ago
"A baseline of "not a felon, terrorist, etc." ..."
Australia was a penal colony ... yet they seem to be doing fine for themselves now. My point is ... why change the rules of immigration from what existed in 1800s or early 1900s
- rdl 10y ago1) welfare state -- "bad" immigrants impose higher costs now. 2) technology -- bad immigrants (in the form of terrorists) impose potentially existential costs now. Also, in that period immigration was inherently racist, which I'd absolutely like to change. ("Chinese exclusion act", etc) Economics have also changed; costs of migration into the US are far lower than before, and we are far richer than we were then, so it changed who would immigrate. I'd expect a remote, expensive to reach place with endless land and a shortage of labor to have different immigration policies than a rich country next to a poor country a short walk away.