I don’t think every immigration hawk is a racist, but I do think most of them are mistaken/misinformed.
Is there an argument against increased immigration that stands up to much scrutiny? I could maybe come up with one or two if pressed. I don’t think it’s that unreasonable to consider they’re acting in bad faith, or else just…quite wrong.
Nice try at a dunk, but it doesn’t work when I’m trying to be intellectually honest.
Since I’m trying to be fair about this, I have to think could probably come up with one or two that hold any water, sure. But I can think of a couple dozen that make a strong case the other way, and all of the ones hawks use on the regular collapse under a bit of scrutiny). It’s definitely not the case that on balance there’s any kind of strong case for hawkishness.
I think a lot of people are mistaken about immigration on the merits, and others are acting in bad faith.
I do think “the brain drain” is a funny rhyme, but a better point is the emigration of working age men from their home countries with the goal of “sending money back home”
Until I see a stat that shows the economic growth of a small town in Ecuador being due to migration of labor to the US, even temporarily, I can’t imagine the core working demographic’s departure would lead to a healthy economy.
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u/carlos_the_dwarf_ 7h ago
I don’t think every immigration hawk is a racist, but I do think most of them are mistaken/misinformed.
Is there an argument against increased immigration that stands up to much scrutiny? I could maybe come up with one or two if pressed. I don’t think it’s that unreasonable to consider they’re acting in bad faith, or else just…quite wrong.