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Re:Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer by kwistzhaderach on Sunday June 28, 2020 @11:11PM (#23674018)
I’m not American.

It’s interesting to note that America has a foreign born pop of 46.6million (~14% of total pop)

The next biggest is Germany, with 12 Million (~15%)

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Re:Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer by belltaco on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:14AM (#23674867)
Lots of other countries with higher percentages.

https://data.oecd.org/migration/foreign-born-population.htm

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Re:Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer by qtplatypus on Monday June 29, 2020 @12:58AM (#23674490)
15% is larger then 14%

Curiously the country with the largest foreign born population by % is Vatican City.

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Re:Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer by logicchains on Monday June 29, 2020 @01:54AM (#23674773)
>Curiously the country with the largest foreign born population by % is Vatican City.

This maybe makes sense; Catholic Priests aren't allowed to marry or have children, which reduces the locally-born population.

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Re:Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer by RealityVoid on Monday June 29, 2020 @01:32AM (#23674643)
Only by percentage, not by number. I think he was ranking them by absolute number.
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Re:Zero-sum thinking on immigration will make America poorer by akhilcacharya on Monday June 29, 2020 @12:02AM (#23674231)
People vote with their feet.

The 21st century won’t be the American century if this stops.

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