What Matthew Yglesias thinks about immigration

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Writes Slow Boring, a near-daily newsletter on American politics and public policy; co-founded Vox in 2014 and left it in 2020.

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1. 14 Oct 2026, 10:05 UTC

   Our readingThe United States could substantially increase permanent residency slots by making the increase selective toward people with above-average earnings.

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   Their wordsSo it should be easy for a country like the United States to substantially increase the number of permanent residency slots we hand out while making all of the increase selective in the sense of bringing over people with above-average earnings.

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