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From the Ted Talk by Parag Khanna: Where on Earth will people live in the future?
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But let me tell you something very special about America. This year, according to a congressional dteioeglan I just hosted in Singapore, the US will probably have one million new migrants this year. One million. I want to be absolutely clear. No cuonrty on Earth goes from 200,000 to one million overnight by design. And that's America, right? So everything that's not gone well in irmamitiogn can be fixed and positively oasceeprmntevod by the kinds of reforms that are underway today: H-1B rmofers, refugee reforms, skilled migration reforms, digitizing immigration, carrying over a certain, you know, frozen quotas from the past. All of these things are actually happening. Should it have happened yreas ago? Yes. Should it be happening faster? Yes. Should immigration policy be done in a way in which we focus on the shortages in our labor force, which are so many? We're hurting our own economy by having such a slow immigration pcsores. We should have done all of this a lot earlier and to a larger derege, and this would have depoliticized immigration. So it's been to our own detriment. But can America actually fix these things faster than than we, you know, very rhligty, cyialclny, especially if you've been on the wrong side of the immigration story and you've failed to cross a T on a form and it sets you back like, two years, you know, you're rightly angry and cynical about it. I mean, I'm an immigrant myself, I didn't move to aicrmea till I was six. I remember becoming a citizen, I know my parents sweated that paperwork, I watched them do it. But these things can be fixed and no one can fix it like America can, that's for sure. So there's a lot of hope in that. And again, European countries are changing. Germany brought in, you know, more than a million, again, not by design, not intentionally, but think about the Syrian rufeege crisis. More than a million people arrived in Germany. A lot of them have seytad. More are coming now from Ukraine. And they've maaegnd their politics to fend off, you know, right-wing populist parties. They have a center-left coalition right now.
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But let me tell you something very special about America. This year, according to a congressional __________ I just hosted in Singapore, the US will probably have one million new migrants this year. One million. I want to be absolutely clear. No _______ on Earth goes from 200,000 to one million overnight by design. And that's America, right? So everything that's not gone well in ___________ can be fixed and positively _______________ by the kinds of reforms that are underway today: H-1B _______, refugee reforms, skilled migration reforms, digitizing immigration, carrying over a certain, you know, frozen quotas from the past. All of these things are actually happening. Should it have happened _____ ago? Yes. Should it be happening faster? Yes. Should immigration policy be done in a way in which we focus on the shortages in our labor force, which are so many? We're hurting our own economy by having such a slow immigration _______. We should have done all of this a lot earlier and to a larger ______, and this would have depoliticized immigration. So it's been to our own detriment. But can America actually fix these things faster than than we, you know, very _______, _________, especially if you've been on the wrong side of the immigration story and you've failed to cross a T on a form and it sets you back like, two years, you know, you're rightly angry and cynical about it. I mean, I'm an immigrant myself, I didn't move to _______ till I was six. I remember becoming a citizen, I know my parents sweated that paperwork, I watched them do it. But these things can be fixed and no one can fix it like America can, that's for sure. So there's a lot of hope in that. And again, European countries are changing. Germany brought in, you know, more than a million, again, not by design, not intentionally, but think about the Syrian _______ crisis. More than a million people arrived in Germany. A lot of them have ______. More are coming now from Ukraine. And they've _______ their politics to fend off, you know, right-wing populist parties. They have a center-left coalition right now.
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Original Text
But let me tell you something very special about America. This year, according to a congressional delegation I just hosted in Singapore, the US will probably have one million new migrants this year. One million. I want to be absolutely clear. No country on Earth goes from 200,000 to one million overnight by design. And that's America, right? So everything that's not gone well in immigration can be fixed and positively overcompensated by the kinds of reforms that are underway today: H-1B reforms, refugee reforms, skilled migration reforms, digitizing immigration, carrying over a certain, you know, frozen quotas from the past. All of these things are actually happening. Should it have happened years ago? Yes. Should it be happening faster? Yes. Should immigration policy be done in a way in which we focus on the shortages in our labor force, which are so many? We're hurting our own economy by having such a slow immigration process. We should have done all of this a lot earlier and to a larger degree, and this would have depoliticized immigration. So it's been to our own detriment. But can America actually fix these things faster than than we, you know, very rightly, cynically, especially if you've been on the wrong side of the immigration story and you've failed to cross a T on a form and it sets you back like, two years, you know, you're rightly angry and cynical about it. I mean, I'm an immigrant myself, I didn't move to America till I was six. I remember becoming a citizen, I know my parents sweated that paperwork, I watched them do it. But these things can be fixed and no one can fix it like America can, that's for sure. So there's a lot of hope in that. And again, European countries are changing. Germany brought in, you know, more than a million, again, not by design, not intentionally, but think about the Syrian refugee crisis. More than a million people arrived in Germany. A lot of them have stayed. More are coming now from Ukraine. And they've managed their politics to fend off, you know, right-wing populist parties. They have a center-left coalition right now.
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