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Canada's immigration rate (of legal immigrants) is higher than the US'. We take in nearly twice as many immigrants as the US, relative to our population.
by Mikeb85 7y ago
Canada's immigration rate (of legal immigrants) is higher than the US'. We take in nearly twice as many immigrants as the US, relative to our population.
- refurb 7y agoYes, but much of Canada's immigration is points based - i.e. you get well educated, employable people. The vast majority of US immigration is family based where your elderly grandmother from back home can come and live in the US.
- Mikeb85 7y agoFamily sponsorships are a thing here... A permanent resident of Canada can sponsor any immediate family member (except siblings over a certain age) and grandparents.
- refurb 7y agoIn the US, family reunification is 66% of all immigrants.[1] In Canada, it's 30%.[2] [1]http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/snapshot-of-u-s-immigration-2017.aspx http://www.ncsl.org/research/immigration/snapshot-of-u-s-imm... [2]https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/annual-report-parliament-immigration-2017.html https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/co...
- drak0n1c 7y agoCanada is known for being very accepting of middle class and educated or skilled immigrants. Poor immigrants (which is what the original comment was specifying) not so much, and Canada's border enforcement is more effective than that of the US.
- Mikeb85 7y agoSounds like a failure of the US immigration system if new immigrants are unable to get decent jobs, even while the US accepts half as many immigrants per capita. Also interesting is the current political discourse in the US, where prominent voices in the media want to take in more currently rejected and undocumented migrants while the US is losing ground to other developed countries for income deciles 1-6.