Dear Advocate, Like you, I once supported fewer restrictions on foreign immigration. While I’m not sure of your specific views, in my case, I believed that it was important to break down barriers to high-skill immigration, and that the US should maintain and expand its policy to take in refugees fleeing oppression. There are a number of reasons why my positions were wrong, but the main reason why I was wrong was because the beliefs rested on a few faulty assumptions: Cultural differences are malleable — most immigrants just want to assimilate into the historic and distinctive American culture. Genetics is mostly cosmetic […]