# Should the US lower its immigration numbers?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 21, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-lower-its-immigration-numbers/568488 "2011-01-21T20:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-the-us-lower-its-immigration-numbers/568488/122 "2011-02-08T18:32:25Z")

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> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#):
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> But you don’t distinguish between legal and illegal immigration, so what does it matter? You just don’t want any more nonwhites.

That’s not the only reason, but it’s got a lot to do with it. Why is it okay for a Mexican to want America to be more brown, but wrong for me to want America to be more white?

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