Revised executive order bans travelers from six countries from getting new visas

Re:Revised executive order bans travelers from six countries... by badsock on Monday March 06, 2017 @04:11PM (#13806074)

The current rate of immigration to the US is 0.3% of its population per year. Put another way, for every 3,180 Americans, they have to somehow integrate 1 new person a year into their culture.

In no way is that a "large, rapid" influx. This whole issue is just political football and scare-mongering.

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Re:Revised executive order bans travelers from six countries... by Mikeb85 on Monday March 06, 2017 @05:46PM (#13806791)

That's assuming uniform distribution. What actually happens is immigrants go where other immigrants go, affecting some communities far more than others.

You're right, the US has a low rate of immigration and should be able to handle it, but that's not necessarily the case.

Also, 0.3% per year amounts to nearly 8% over one generation, not including differences in fertility between immigrant groups and born Americans.

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Re:Revised executive order bans travelers from six countries... by badsock on Monday March 06, 2017 @11:13PM (#13808222)

I'm very left, and I'm quite alright with measures like regional quotas designed to avoid "clumping" - which I believe would address most of your concern there.

And you're right about the 8%, but since only about 10% of immigrants to the US are Muslim, really we're talking about 0.8%, over something like 25 to 30 years. That is so completely disproportionate to the hysteria over immigration (literally the number one issue for Trump voters, IIRC) I can't help but conclude that it's a purposeful scare campaign.

Also, it's not often that any immigrant group is the boogeyman for more than a generation. It used to be the Irish, then the Polish, then the Puerto Ricans, and so on. A huge fuss is raised, and then they assimilate, at least in the US.

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