| ▲ | drstewart a day ago | ||||||||||||||||
Poor economic refugees from unstable countries. The same immigrants that Europe, Canada are now rejecting and Asia never even allowed. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | collinmcnulty a day ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Which is why foreign student visas are being handed out in greater numbers, right? Right? Oh. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/international-student-enroll... | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | breakyerself a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
For decades the US has managed to be the most powerful economy in the world while taking in tons of these immigrants. Rejecting them is likely to have a negative impact. Xenophobia comes at a cost. | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | Arodex 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
I just realized: isn't "rags to riches" THE defining myth of the USA? The very thing that separates it from every other "shit" country on Earth? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | Arodex a day ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
>Poor economic refugees from unstable countries. Like... Almost every single European during the XIXth and XXth century? You think the Germans and Italians and whatnot were all educated middle-class who moved to the US because it seemed "fun"? | |||||||||||||||||