Jason Richwine, a resident scholar for the Center for Immigration Studies, recently wrote an article calling for a moratorium on immigration. He noted that when President Biden entered office, the number of immigrants in the U.S. totaled 45 million. Today it is 50.4 million, the highest level ever.
Also, the current foreign-born percentage of our population is a record-setting 15.2 percent. This means that approximately one out of every seven residents of the U.S. is an immigrant.
Given this huge impact of immigration, Richwine argues that it is is time to put on the brakes. He observes that “A policy of minimum immigration would not solve every problem our country faces, but it would certainly make tackling some problems easier.
“A fractured culture? What proponents call a moratorium would promote continuity in culture, giving time for newer groups to adapt to our country. A crisis of political legitimacy? Freezing immigration would require a party seeking political victories to change the voters’ minds, not change the voters themselves.
“Welfare dependency? Less immigration would lead to fewer new clients for the welfare state, and it would also cause employers to focus on recruiting less-skilled natives back into the labor force. As immigration surges to record levels nationally . . . we should remember that there is an alternative, and it offers a much better deal for America.”
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