Donald Trump Goes All In On Slashing Legal Immigration

[GeorgiaModerate]

This is a sure way to cripple the U.S. economy in the long term.  The birth rate is declining and the population is aging. Immigrants and their children are expected to offset this and make up an increasing share of the working-age population.

References:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2017/06/30/the-u-s-fertility-rate-just-hit-a-historic-low-why-some-demographers-are-freaking-out

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/08/immigration-projected-to-drive-growth-in-u-s-working-age-population-through-at-least-2035/

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[GeorgiaModerate]

Somewhat related to this topic: in a social survey of 8,000 voters by the Democracy Fund, a bipartisan foundation that funds political research, 30% of Trump voters said that European ancestry is an important component of being American; in contrast, just 9% of Kasich voters agreed. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/upshot/the-great-political-divide-over-american-identity.html