Tough times have always lent themselves to nativist sentiments and closed-door policies. But in the case of highly skilled immigrants, these policies are a recipe for stagnation.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Immigrants provide skills that we simply cannot afford to do without. They have contributed hugely to Britain's success.
Immigrants have faced huge obstacles to achieving the American Dream, yet have persevered to overcome them.
It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.
Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.
If an immigrant comes here, and they're willing to create jobs, and they're willing to contribute to our economy, we have to make it easier for the kinds of immigrants we want, because that is the past of America; that's our greatness, and that will continue to be our greatness in the future.
Whenever I write about immigration, I hear heart-wrenching stories of computer workers who are unemployed and facing severe hardship.
Immigrants create an engine of economic prosperity.
I always heard that immigrants had a really hard life when they came to America.
The United States is historically a nation of immigrants.
Immigrants have historically been an entrepreneurial bunch.