Let’s say 5 percent of them won’t qualify for the early twentieth century criteria due a disease that can be picked up in a quick medical check, or, if early 20th century is not to be taken literally, a terrorism watch list. And another ten percent of refugees won’t come to the U.S. due to holding out for a kinder and gentler country in Western Europe. That still means thirty million that can and should, for the sake of their family, get to the U.S. right away before the astounding progressive quota-free immigration policy is reversed. And that 30 million is just the refugees.
Donald Trump’s biggest and best issue is to make false claims about immigration. It’s astounding that progressives would turn around and say, yes, we really do want to have mostly open borders, except that we insist on calling it something else due to asking for eye and terrorism checks.
Lots more Americans eventually sounds good to me. But a sustainable policy can only be achieved with gradual immigration, and that does require something looking like immigration quotas.