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> However, the fact 20% of the world's immigrants reside in America doesn't mean nearly as much on a per capita basis. What? We have 5% of the world's populati
by grumple 6y ago
> However, the fact 20% of the world's immigrants reside in America doesn't mean nearly as much on a per capita basis.
What? We have 5% of the world's population and 20% of its immigrants, 4 times second place, but that's not enough for you? Wild moving of the goalposts.
- arcticbull 6y agoI have not moved the goalposts. I never mentioned the total number of immigrants already in the country. That number is pretty close to 98.4% of course, since the number of First Nations or Native Americans is 5 million. Everything in my post is focused on the rate of new immigrants per year.
- room500 6y agoThe UN classifies a migrant as a person that has moved across an international border [1]. If you are born and live in America, you are not a migrant by definition. So I am not sure where you are getting your 98.4% number. While immigration policies can always be improved, your initial statement was that America is "anti-immigrant." This is hard to reconcile with the actual immigration numbers. From the UN [2]: "The United States of America has been the main country of destination for international migrants since 1970.15 Since then, the number of foreign-born people residing in the country has more than quadrupled – from less than 12 million in 1970, to close to 51 million in 2019." We can debate whether the number should be increased or decreased. But it is unfair to classify a country as "anti-immigrant" when it is leading the world in immigration. Even on a per-capita basis, America is way up there (look at the map on page 23 [2]) [1] https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/migration/index.html https://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/migration/index.... [2] https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/wmr_2020.pdf https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/wmr_2020.pdf