[BJones12]

> The per-country caps also seem like a throwback to the early 1900's era immigration exclusion policies.

Canada does not have that and it is going very poorly. Lots of people are calling for the implementation of the same policy.

[aylmao]

How is not having a per-country cap going poorly in Canada?

[BJones12]

Because there are an overwhelming number of immigrants from the same state (or two) in India.

[aylmao]

Is this bad due to the hypothetical loss of diversity? ie, it'd be better if there were a mix of Indian, Chinese, Brazilian, Mexican, etc immigrants, vs only immigrants from a single state in India?

[forgotoldacc]

What happens in a lot of cases like this is nepotism and lack of need, or even desire, to assimilate to the host country. Things like this are always dismissed the first 20 years, but it always leads to racial and ethnic tensions as time passes. Saying "ummm, like, don't be racist" has never worked.

But when immigrants all come from one small region, they tend to only hire people they know or are vetted by someone they know, they only rent properties to people they know or are vetted by people they know, they start to see the locals of the country they're living in as below them, and it just keeps spiraling out of control.

And notice that I specified no race. I specified no country. I specified no religion or ethnic background. It's simply a universal thing that happens in every country. It always leads to far right swings when not quickly addressed. If what I've said in any way comes across as "racist", that's due to the reader inserting their own racial biases and thus their own racism into this statement, because I'm not in any way implying this is confined to one group. It's something that's been a problem for millennia and governments keep making the same mistakes.

[throwawaythekey]

> But when immigrants all come from one small region, they tend to only hire people they know or are vetted by someone they know, they only rent properties to people they know or are vetted by people they know, they start to see the locals of the country they're living in as below them, and it just keeps spiraling out of control.

This happens with some races more than others. When you import Indians you are importing caste thinking.

[fourside]

It’d be interesting to understand why immigrants to Canada are disproportionately coming from a small number of locations. Unless there’s a good reason behind it I think it’s reasonable to find a better balance.

[riskable]

The reason why there's so many Indians is because THERE'S SO MANY INDIANS! You don't need to be a rocket surgeon to figure that one out =)

The "problem" with having that many Indians isn't that they're not adapting to Canadian culture it's that they're bringing along some of the bad things from India like the caste system. It's not as bad as many other cultural problems because it's strictly Indians causing problems for other Indians but it's still a problem.

[focom]

Have you heard of Brampton?

[aylmao]

Nope, what's that

[AlexandrB]

Brampton is a suburb of Toronto with a large Indian immigrant population. This is leading to tensions within Brampton as different Indian political factions attempt to influence Indian politics from Canada[1][2][3].

[1] https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/canada-khalistan-re...

[2] https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/party-leaders-c...

[3] https://tnc.news/2024/11/04/arrests-brampton-surrey-khalista...

[WorkerBee28474]

Canada's center of bad driving, fraud, and temporary worker abuse.

[i18nsoftware]

How would have the same policy had any effect in Canada? Country caps in the US don't change anything about who can enter the country, they only affect who gets permanent residency.