After becoming a citizen of the United States, whether by birth or through the arduous and extreme vetting of the naturalization process, one would assume that is the end of it. Unfortunately, this might not be the case in the Trump era, as many speculate the president wants to sign executive orders to revoke citizenship for any number of reasons. The fear tactics Trump and his supporters have employed time and time again are alive and well when it comes to immigration, even if they contradict well-established legal precedent and violate the Constitution. Read more here.
We Need More Immigration! /
Read Bloomberg's analysis on why pushing away skilled foreign workers is hurting the United States in more ways than just the economy.
France's World Cup Championship is a Triumph for Immigrants /
CNN explains how France's soccer team embraces racial and ethnic diversity, and their win is not just a win for France, but a win for immigrants everywhere.
Immigration Cuts Hurt the Economy /
Immigrants are a Necessity for the United States /
With America's population aging, it is more important than ever to encourage immigration to the United States in order to sustain the workforce and the economy. In fact, deaths outnumbered births among non-Latino whites in 2016. In order to fill this gap, we need immigrants, especially because the majority of immigrants are between the prime working ages of 18 and 64. Read the full article here.
Immigration Reality vs. Perception /
Negative rhetoric and scapegoating notwithstanding, the reality is that there are fewer immigrants in the United States than many think. For example, a recent Harvard study of survey data from the U.S., Britain, France, Italy, Germany, and Sweden found that respondents from all six countries mistakenly think immigrants constitute a greater share of the population than then actually do. In the U.S., for example, immigrants make up less than 15% of the total population but the respondents think immigrants are more than 35% of the total population. Similar misperceptions apply to religion (people think more immigrants are Muslim than actually are and that fewer immigrants are Christian than actually are); education (people underestimate immigrants’ education levels); poverty rate (overestimate) and use of welfare (overestimate). The study describes additional facts that highlight how fear-mongering and misinformation, rather than truth, are behind anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric. In addition, the data shows that certain groups, unsurprisingly many of the same ones from which Trump draws much of his support, are more likely to be mistaken about immigration realities that others. Bottom line, the U.S. is not being flooded with immigrants. Read the full article here.