I Used to Support Open Borders. Then I Looked at the Data.
Hey there friends! Below are some resources I referenced in preparation for this week’s video commentary. Enjoy!
How U.S. immigration laws and rules have changed through history - Pew Research Center
Chart: How immigration levels in the U.S. have changed since 1900 - Axios
Updated Estimates of Net International Migration - Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
What the Kennedy’s Immigration Story Tells Us About America - TIME Magazine
Welfare Use by Immigrants and the U.S.-Born - Center for Immigration Studies
When Political Affiliations Can Legally Disqualify You From U.S. Citizenship - Justia
The Debate Over Non-Citizen Voting: A Primer - Center for Immigration Studies
DHS Reports Record Number of Overstays in 2022 - Center for Immigration Studies
Entry/Exit Overstay Report - Department of Homeland Security
Immigrants challenge government effort to deport them to third-party countries - SCOTUSblog
Affirmative Asylum Backlog Exceeds One Million for the First Time - Center for Immigration Studies
Claims I'm hearing are: Refugees, families who've been lawfully resettled here, (invited by the USA) & who have fled persecution, and are legally going thru the process of getting their green cards ( ...which are obtained 1 yr after arrival) and yet... ICE is showing up at their doors, detaining them and possibly deported.
World Relief, for example, is claiming this: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1318573363412903
Might you consider interviewing an organization like World Relief?
- jim
Another well thought out, well-presented video. My thoughts on this follow yours, and then you expand reasoning beyond my thought-capacity. You really do a great job of spelling out how immigration has changed and how to bring it back to a constructive, useful way for new immigrants to live, prosper, contribute and believe in the American way.