Summary: Mass low-skilled immigration can help revive small towns in the Midwest that are declining due to population loss. When immigrants settle in these areas, they often bring new businesses and cultural vitality. Without this type of immigration, many of these towns may struggle to survive.
When the tax base shrinks, it becomes hard to pay for infrastructure that was built for a much bigger population. (View Highlight)
You can’t get everyone to move out of a dying town — instead what happens is that half move out and half stay, and the half who stay have a bad time of it. (View Highlight)
lot of people are upset about the immigration they read about in the news, rather than the immigration happening in their own cities and neighborhoods. It’s a lot easier to fear people when you don’t meet them. (View Highlight)