Comment by epolanski

5 months ago

> I don't think US workers should have to compete with 1 billion+ other global workers for their jobs

Why not?

Also friendly reminder 99.999% of US population is made of immigrants.

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toomuchtodo  5 months ago

As of January 2025, the U.S. has an immigrant population of 53.3 million people, making up 15.8% of the total population.

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/21/key-findi...

https://usafacts.org/immigration/

  • epolanski  5 months ago

    And of the remaining 300+M virtually none are native americans ;)

    • toomuchtodo  5 months ago

      Historically relevant, not legally in the current context. I sympathize with the distinction, but it is important if we are to consider that nations have borders and that will remain into the future. We should enable reasonable and tangible paths to citizenship, but a free for all is untenable. Otherwise, we arrive at the current situation where how the laws are applied changes from administration to administration.