Elitism And The Immigration Backlash
What’s changed recently is not immigration but emigration of American jobs. This has transformed the national perspective on foreign workers, at home and abroad, thoroughly bollixing the debate over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the process. Polls show an increasingly sour mood. It’s too late to blame George Bush, too early to blame Bill Clinton and too simple to blame aliens for horning in on American opportunities....