Even Western Europe, which contains some of the most secular societies on earth, will be affected by a growing tide of religiosity due to immigration from the Muslim world, predicts Kaufman.
But I can cite one point of contact with America that likely merits an apology, and that is the experience much of the rest of the world has with the visa and immigration processes of the United States.
As much as he wanted to be by her bedside during the operation, her father couldn't get a visa to travel to Spain in time, another problem for Colombians who are routinely eyed with suspicion by immigration officers across the world.
In the last issue I wrote that November's election was about America's role in the world, regarding terrorism, wars, immigration and economic globalization.
It is galling to Mr. Guest that many well-meaning people are more invested in promoting ideas like Third World microcredit than in clamoring for easier immigration.
But the wait endured by people seeking to clear immigration at Heathrow, the world's busiest airport for international visitors, topped two-and-a-half hours at one point last week.
In an iPad and smartphone world, we need an iPad and smartphone immigration system.
The latest annual figures are the highest since Australia launched an immigration programme soon after the second world war.
For a start, this slow growth in median income overlaps with a scale of immigration into America outpacing all immigration in the rest of the world put together.
That approach, says Chris Evans, the immigration minister, was designed for a world in which people did not move much.
America needs a modern immigration system that allows talent from around the world to contribute to the U.S. economy, enhancing U.S. competitiveness and spurring economic growth.
Immigration is a hot button issue anywhere in the world, including the United States.
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Mr. TOM DALL (Retiree): And every time I hear the guy address complicated issues, he has the ability to take a complicated issue, simplify, get to its core, and I don't care whether it's about immigration or Social Security or, you know, world or world economy.
Unions strongly fought immigration until the 1930s, when the Depression and then World War II stifled the issue for a while.
Also, if US absorb those inflow of knowlegable groups for immigration, US will become more and more famous in the world leadership of Science and Innovations.
Finding a sensible way to resolve our illegal-immigration problem must include penalties that show the rest of the world that it really is cheaper, easier and faster to immigrate to the U.S. the right way.
Mr Bhagwati devoted his keynote speech at the World Bank's ABCDE gathering in Oslo on Tuesday to the subject of immigration.
Look, when we think about immigration, we have to understand there are folks all around the world who still see America as the land of promise.
You often hear immigration critics argue that we let in more immigrants than any country in the world and therefore are already more generous than anyone else.
As immigrants from the Muslim world continue to settle in Europe, governments are beginning to question the notion of multiculturalism, the immigration model that has prevailed for decades on most of the continent.
Other key initiatives include modifying immigration policies to ensure that we are attracting and retaining the most talented people in the world and making the necessary investments in STEM fields so that we can have a workforce with the skills and expertise to compete and win in an increasingly competitive global economy.
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Last week I testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the need to reform our immigration system so that we recruit and retain the most talented entrepreneurs and innovators from around the world.
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Growing numbers of people are becoming hostile to immigration, which is no surprise when the economy is stagnant and political elites are feasting in a world of their own.
Immigration is on the boil as a political issue in America and is controversial in much of the developed world.
In China and most of the industrialised world, births and deaths are at or below replacement level (though America's population still rises because of immigration).
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