And then Congress clamped down on immigration until 1965. The decades in which the modern, powerful prosperous middle class US was forged were low immigration decades.

PS Don’t think it was more than 20% in 1920. Think it was around what it is now. https://t.co/kaekt6XdU8 https://t.co/WHMnjmDiZZ

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Oct 23, 2024

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