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Noah Smith

What Noah Smith thinks about immigration

@noah-smith · 44 positions · 1 change of mind

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  1. Our readingAssimilation should never require an immigrant to give up their religion or their heritage.

    Their wordsImmigrants and their children should not be required to forsake every symbol of the old world, abandon their religion, or forget their heritage.

    ↗Yes, assimilation is goodnoahpinion.blog 4th of 7 in this piece

    religion

    Interesting

  3. Our readingThe current American movement against immigration is a periodic nativist backlash of the kind the country has had before, not a new phenomenon.

    Their wordsI believe that the MAGA movement is simply one of America’s periodic nativist backlashes, like the Know-Nothings in the 1850s or the restrictionists of the 1910s.

    ↗Yes, assimilation is goodnoahpinion.blog 6th of 7 in this piece

    America

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  5. Our readingPublic opinion on immigration is not simply for or against it; people want more of some kinds of migrant and less of others.

    Their wordsAnd those principles obviously aren’t simply pro- or anti-immigration. They are clearly subtler than that.

    ↗On immigration, what Americans want is democratic controlnoahpinion.blog 1st of 2 in this piece

    Interesting