What Jerry Coyne thinks about immigration
Evolutionary biologist; professor emeritus in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago. Author of Why Evolution Is True (2009) and Faith Versus Fact (2015). Writes the Why Evolution Is True site daily on biology, religion, free speech and politics.
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Their wordsAs I've said, I don't want to use these protests so much to call for a total ban on immigration (though clearly some restrictions are in order) as to call attention to the pro-Palestinian and anti-Western nature of the demonstrations, which suggest that Europe is in danger of losing its liberal democratic culture.
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