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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by amyjess on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:28PM (#17135445)
When my ancestors came here in the late 19th and early 20th century, they were dirt-poor peasants in central and eastern Europe. I know at least one of my ancestors was a draft-dodger, too; he fled Russia because the tsar tried to have him conscripted to fight in the Russo-Japanese War.

The idea that the US always only accepted highly-skilled immigrants until very recently is false.

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Re:Visualizing Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration by timewarrior on Wednesday May 23, 2018 @12:33PM (#17135491)
Till recently, best and the brightest meant physically fit and having a gumption and desire to achieve something better.

So US did get the best and brightest till recently!

In today's connected world and population explosion, there is a higher class of highly-skilled immigrants which can't stay in US, due to quotas based on country of birth. Because of this, best and brightest from India aren't moving to US anymore!

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