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>This is a backdoor immigration cut, nothing more. COVID is irrelevant. I think COVID is very relevant. But you are also correct that this action is in line wi
by macspoofing 6y ago
>This is a backdoor immigration cut, nothing more. COVID is irrelevant.
I think COVID is very relevant. But you are also correct that this action is in line with the present administration's immigration policies outside of COVID.
In the big picture on the global scale, we're looking at a back-peddling on globalization (which includes immigration and free trade). The echos of the Great Depression should be (but aren't) on the minds of policymakers and the public because this same isolationist and protectionist philosophy exacerbated the pain of the depression.
- deogeo 6y ago> in line with the present administration's immigration policies outside of COVID. According to [1], the immigration rate under Trump has slightly increased compared to under Obama, and is at 3x what it was during 1960-1975. So the policies you refer to are nothing but ineffectual noise. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_to_the_United_Stat..., table "Persons obtaining legal permanent resident status by fiscal year"