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Robert Guest: On U.S. Power
Robert Guest is a Washington correspondent and the Lexington columnist for The Economist, covering American news and politics. Despite some predictions otherwise, Guest suggests that America is uniquely
positioned to continue as the world’s leading superpower thanks to its unparalleled ability to attract working immigrants from around the world.
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People come here for economic reasons. Unless they are also refugees in which case they come for safety as well. I suspect that a very small percentage of immigrants value freedom. I speak from personal experience. I know a lot of immigrants and including family members.
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