{"id":158455,"date":"2024-12-27T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158455"},"modified":"2024-12-28T18:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T02:54:04","slug":"a-winning-compromise-fewer-but-better-immigrants-12-27-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158455","title":{"rendered":"A Winning Compromise &#8211; Fewer But Better Immigrants (12-27-24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bkoTopQLGIg?si=OwjnEMEeSmxUbetW\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Fewer but better immigrants <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"180\">03:00<\/a> NYT: Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in U.S. Homelessness, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/27\/us\/homelessness-hit-record-level-in-2024.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/27\/us\/homelessness-hit-record-level-in-2024.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 04:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"240\">04:00<\/a> WP: A MAGA \u2018Civil War\u2019 on X between Musk and the far right over H-1B visas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/12\/27\/h-1b-visas-elon-musk-trump-immigration\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/12\/27\/h-1b-visas-elon-musk-trump-immigration\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 06:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#360\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"360\">06:00<\/a> The Dooovid question,<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 18:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1080\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1080\">18:00<\/a> NYT: Why the U.S. Could Come Out Ahead in a Tariff War, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/27\/opinion\/trump-tariffs-china-europe.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/27\/opinion\/trump-tariffs-china-europe.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 55:30\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3330\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3330\">55:30<\/a> WSJ: What Your \u2018Face Age\u2019 Can Tell Doctors About Your Health, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/health\/wellness\/face-age-test-health-medicine-6ca1a4c5\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/health\/wellness\/face-age-test-health-medicine-6ca1a4c5<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:18:45\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4725\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4725\">1:18:45<\/a> NYT: How a Consulting Firm and Trump\u2019s I.R.S. Pick Pushed a Problematic Tax Credit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/24\/business\/billy-long-irs-tax-credit.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/24\/business\/billy-long-irs-tax-credit.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:22:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8520\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8520\">2:22:00<\/a> Constitutional Dictatorship: Its Dangers and Its Design, <a href=\"https:\/\/decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm\/episode\/curtis-yarvin-the-edgelords-guide-to-monarchy-40k\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm\/episode\/curtis-yarvin-the-edgelords-guide-to-monarchy-40k<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:25:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#8700\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"8700\">2:25:00<\/a> Elon Musk, Laura Loomer Space, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ronxyz00\/status\/1872610152165388425\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/Ronxyz00\/status\/1872610152165388425<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:33:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9220\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9220\">2:33:40<\/a> Kip joins to talk Laura Loomer <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:35:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9300\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9300\">2:35:00<\/a> WP: For Laura Loomer, a Trump comeback is everything, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/power\/2024\/05\/02\/laura-loomer-donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/power\/2024\/05\/02\/laura-loomer-donald-trump\/<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:37:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9420\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9420\">2:37:00<\/a> Dennis Dale, Kevin Michael Grace<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:40:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#9600\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"9600\">2:40:00<\/a> The rise and fall of the AR<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:52:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10320\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10320\">2:52:00<\/a> A history of my online personae <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 2:55:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#10500\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"10500\">2:55:00<\/a> My key compatriots in my blogging &amp; livestreaming <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:08:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#11280\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"11280\">3:08:00<\/a> My greatest hits, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=143746\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=143746<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 3:21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#12060\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"12060\">3:21:00<\/a> The Wolves of K Street: The Secret History of How Big Money Took Over Big Government, <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158424\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158424<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Fewer but better immigrants 03:00 NYT: Migrants and End of Covid Restrictions Fuel Jump in U.S. Homelessness, https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/12\/27\/us\/homelessness-hit-record-level-in-2024.html04:00 WP: A MAGA \u2018Civil War\u2019 on X between Musk and the far right over H-1B visas, https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2024\/12\/27\/h-1b-visas-elon-musk-trump-immigration\/06:00 The Dooovid question,18:00 NYT: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=158455\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-158455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - 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