I wonder how many of us commenting on this article read past the headline to take a look at the chart (displayed on the left side of the article text, as I view

I wonder how many of us commenting on this article read past the headline to take a look at the chart (displayed on the left side of the article text, as I view the article in my browser) titled "More Immigrants Moving to Germany"? That chart shows very plainly, based on OECD statistics, that the United States has a higher absolute number of immigrants each year than Germany, as it has for a long time. The striking thing about the very recent statistics is the recent higher percentage of immigrants in relation to the total population of the country (313.9 million for the United States, 81.89 million for Germany), if I'm reading the chart scale correctly,[1] although other statistics sources continue to report that the United States has a higher rate of immigration.[2] If that trend is sustained, Germany will indeed be noteworthy as a country receiving a large percentage of immigrants year on year, but let's see what happens as the immigration trend interacts with economic growth trends in Germany and in Europe generally.[3] The economy has to stay somewhat healthy in German for immigrants to desire to move there. [1] http://www.dw.de/immigration-to-germany-at-its-highest-rate-in-nearly-two-decades/a-17363452 http://www.dw.de/immigration-to-germany-at-its-highest-rate-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_net_migration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_net_migra... [3] http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-08-14/europe-s-economy-is-broken http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-08-14/europe-s-ec...