WTH Is Going On With America's Immigration Mess? Nicholas Eberstadt Explains.

The aftermath of Biden’s open border policies continues to haunt
America as the consequences of mass illegal immigration continue
to snowball. Changing attitudes towards, net positive, productive
legal migration reflects the sentiment stirred up by the surge in
illegal immigration we experienced the last four years. How does
this affect workforce participation and address population
decline? What role does the welfare state play? How are foreign
adversaries using this mess as an opportunity to establish
influence operations through universities, social media, and in
foreign born communities? Has something changed about the nature
of illegal migrants to America?  And where is an immigration
reform bill in Congress to address these issues permanently?


Nicholas Eberstadt is the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy
at the American Enterprise Institute where he researched
demographics, economic development, and international security in
the Korean peninsula and Asia. He is also a senior advisor to the
National Bureau of Asian Research, a founding board member of the
US Committee on Human Rights in North Korea, and has served as
consultant or adviser to the US Government and international
organizations. His most recent book is the Post-Pandemic Edition
of Men Without Work (Templeton, 2022). His demographic work
on immigration focuses on societies facing population decline and
the crucial role of skilled immigrants, both of which he
addresses in his Working Paper, “America’s Immigration Mess: An
Illustrated Guide.”


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