>If this anti-immigration trend is held over a sufficiently long time I think rich countries will start realizing what a magnificent deal they had. I suspect a

>If this anti-immigration trend is held over a sufficiently long time I think rich countries will start realizing what a magnificent deal they had. I suspect as soon as the sentiment changes that people will rush to come here again. The US has for better or worse a fairly unique culture and those who like that will still want to immigrate in 5 or 10 years.