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by AinderS 1419 days ago
That's odd. Their graph shows almost no reduction in immigration during 2016-2020. There's a dip in 2019, but it looks largely compensated by the spikes in years prior. I thought Trump was a xenophobe that promised a crackdown on immigration? Yet voting for him does not seem to have even dented immigration - only the pandemic had a significant effect.