There are a lot of stats out there - but, I will acknowledge my mistake here in the "per capita" issue - we take the most immigrants, but not necessarily the most "per capita" due to our fairly large population (according to OECD stats). Canada, for example, with 1/10 of the population of the US and a lot more land mass, does take more "per capita." So, I'll eat that crow - my apologies for claiming per capita.L'Emmerdeur wrote:You've asserted the first part ("more immigrants per capita") before without citing any sources. At the time, I asked for evidence in support, while pointing out that what I had found directly contradicts your "more immigrants per capita" line. In response, crickets. I will not be surprised if you do the same here. As long as you don't acknowledge that your bullshit has been refuted, you think you're free to repeat it.Forty Two wrote:Indeed, that's why the US accepts more immigrants per capita and total than any other country in the world, and we have had for decades now about 1,000,000 new immigrants AND 1,000,000 new naturalized citizens per year, on average.
That being said, however, there is a bit of a disconnect, however, as to what is counted as an immigrant. Most countries in the world do not have the generous "permanent resident" category for immigrants - granting permanent residence, without renewals, with a clear path to citizenship, to entering foreigners. The US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have comparable "green card" style permanent residence. Most other countries do not, opting for temporary residence permits which have to be renewed periodically. So, the OECD categorizes them as "permanent type" immigrants because even though they are technically temporary residents subject to renewal, they are considering them permanent residents anyway.
While the U.S. annually issues around 1 million green cards for permanent residence, Canada typically issues between 250,000 and 300,000. Australia reports “net overseas migration” at 212,695 in 2014. And New Zealand is reported as admitting around 50,000 permanent residents annually.
According to OECD numbers, the US is at the top, with its million, or more, immigrants per year. Also, incidentally, the US settles the most refugees, for example - more than any other country. So, while the US is accused of not caring about refugees and not doing enough, we settle more than any other country - - https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/20 ... n-refugees
My overall point, though, that the US is friendly to immigrants still stands, and the notion that the US is somehow "racist" as a matter of policy is ridiculous.
The US has almost 50 million foreign born residents.
It's not necessary for the US to be number 1 in every category for the point to be made, which is that the US is friendly to immigrants. Most US legal immigrants, moreover, in recent years, have come from Asia, Africa and Latin America. If the US was a racist about it, we'd certainly prefer European immigrants.
In addition to legal immigrants, the US illegal immigrant population is increasing at a rate of about 700,000 per year. Seven hundred thousand new illegal immigrants annually. That's like adding a city the size of Indianapolis, Indiana to the US every year, just in illegal immigrants.
The United States, with about 45 to 50 million immigrants residing here, has far more than the entire European Union - which has about 35 million. The US has more immigrants residing here than all 21 latin American countries and 27 European countries combined. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/u.s.- ... le/2572756
A report from a Senate Judiciary subcommittee issued Thursday said: "The total migrant population in all of Latin America is 7.75 million (many being regional migrants), meaning that the U.S. has admitted more people from outside its boundaries than 21 different Latin American countries put together and the E.U, combined."
And because the EU has a far bigger population than the United States, the immigrant-to-native born ratio is higher in the U.S.
So, I will accept the issue with "per capita" and I withraw my statement in that regard, but I stand by my overall point that the US is not racist and has a generous, exceedingly generous, immigration system which does not discriminate against "brown" people or any other color. And, by any measure, we are at least among the most immigration-friendly countries in the world.