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Awesome, the country that built itself on the idea of being open to all the masses no matter their origin, attracts the masses. Who would have thought.
by orf 9y ago
Awesome, the country that built itself on the idea of being open to all the masses no matter their origin, attracts the masses.
Who would have thought.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoIt doesn't even though. 78% of people who want to move, want to move somewhere other than the USA.
- adventured 9y agoThe US is a mere 4.x% of the world's population. The fact that 22% of those people want to move to the US, is extraordinary.
- TheSpiceIsLife 9y agoI mean, if we shred the numbers a particular way we get this result: Australia has a population of 24.6 million and that table[1] says 26 million people want to move there. That's 105%. Where as the USA has a population of 325 million but only 138 million want to move there. That's only 42%. If Australia had the population of the USA the number should be 341 million, all else being equal. 1. http://news.gallup.com/poll/161435/100-million-worldwide-dream-life.aspx http://news.gallup.com/poll/161435/100-million-worldwide-dre...
- Clubber 9y agoThat hasn't been true since the Civil War. https://cis.org/Historical-Overview-Immigration-Policy https://cis.org/Historical-Overview-Immigration-Policy https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/our-history/agency-history/early-american-immigration-policies https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/our-history/agen... https://fairus.org/legislation/reports-and-analysis/history-of-us-immigration-laws https://fairus.org/legislation/reports-and-analysis/history-...