Re:China's rising tech scene threatens US brain drain as ‘se...
by deogeo on Monday July 15, 2019 @05:28PM
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All these things I am missing, yet they haven't put a dent into any immigration numbers I was able to find [1]. In fact, "The number of people who became U.S. citizens reached a five-year high in fiscal 2018" [2]. As for the increased deportations: "In 2017, the Trump administration deported 295,000 immigrants, the lowest total since 2006." [3]
So to answer your question, in the event of another Trump victory, I expect immigration to the US to continue at near-record rates, while they continue to be called xenophobic.
[1] https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2017/tab...
[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/number-of-people-...
[3] https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-finding...
All that was accomplished in the three years that this rhetoric has gone mainstream - and not at 'great expense of public opinion'. I don't think a single American has had their mind changed on this subject, since the last election.
What do you expect 2020 will bring, in the event of another Trump victory?
There's a very clear message to immigrants, here. A lot of people think they are the cause of the country's ills, that they want them gone, and they have just gotten started on this project.