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drstewarttoday at 12:12 PM3 repliesview on HN

Poor economic refugees from unstable countries.

The same immigrants that Europe, Canada are now rejecting and Asia never even allowed.


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breakyerselftoday at 12:27 PM

For decades the US has managed to be the most powerful economy in the world while taking in tons of these immigrants. Rejecting them is likely to have a negative impact. Xenophobia comes at a cost.

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collinmcnultytoday at 1:02 PM

Which is why foreign student visas are being handed out in greater numbers, right? Right? Oh.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/21/international-student-enroll...

Arodextoday at 3:58 PM

>Poor economic refugees from unstable countries.

Like... Almost every single European during the XIXth and XXth century?

You think the Germans and Italians and whatnot were all educated middle-class who moved to the US because it seemed "fun"?