Melting Pot or Civil War?
Reihan Salam
Penguin Publishing Group
<b>"A clarion call to everyone who cares about the American nation and</b><br> <b>every person who calls it home." &#8212;J.D. VANCE, author of <i>Hillbilly Elegy</i></b><br><b>Why would a son of immigrants call for tighter restrictions on immigration?</b><br> For too long, liberals have suggested that only cruel, racist, or nativist bigots would want to restrict immigration. Anyone motivated by compassion and egalitarianism would choose open, or nearly-open, borders&#8212;or so the argument goes. Now, Reihan Salam, the son of Bangladeshi immigrants, turns this argument on its head.<br> In this deeply researched but also deeply personal book, Salam shows why uncontrolled immigration is bad for everyone, including people like his family. Our current system has intensified the isolation of our native poor, and risks ghettoizing the children of poor immigrants. It ignores the challenges posed by the declining demand for less-skilled labor, even as it exacerbates ethnic inequality and...</br></br></br></br>