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The reason is quite simple: It doesn't make sense to have immigration anymore, because the country tries to have a certain number of people in it, and that number is reached now.
That was not the case 200 years ago when the US was still new and growing.
Basically, having mass immigration isn't good because it doesn't really help much but it costs a lot of resources to support all these extra people.
Interesting, most countries need to continue immigration due to low birth rates. I believe if your country population isn't growing, it's more challenging financially.
I kind of hate this.
We aren't allowing the average person to immigrate, were taking the best and brightest; were literally brain draining the developing world to keep social security afloat.
we are many times less dense than the densest nations America isn't "full" by any means and those extra people don't "cost resources" they both consume and produce resources and bigger nations have both more economic and military power. Is your know how on national politics informed entirely by the game mechanics for simple strategy games?
How does one calculate this certain number?
Source?
US is still growing, still benefiting from growth and our economy needs immigration to offset declining birthrate
And no, the resources argument has been debunked many times