Zeke Hernandez

I think there has always been resistance to immigrants in just about every country.

I think the fear of the unknown literally creates...

creates concern about people.

The two common concerns are that immigrants are gonna sort of fundamentally change the culture of a society.

And the other one is that immigrants compete economically with locals.

And I'm sure we'll get into that.

I won't address all the evidence suggesting that those fears are unfounded.

I think just what changes are the political moments, right?

There are politicians who always have taken advantage of that.

And there are waves in which that goes up and down.

But there has always been resistance.

What I do want to emphasize, though, is that the average person, the majority of people tend to like immigrants.

So it's usually a minority that is against immigrants.

And what changes is there are moments when that minority controls the conversation.

And we're in one of those moments right now.

Look, we have very good evidence on this.

I think when it comes to immigration and the economy, the story is overwhelmingly positive.

And I think it's scientifically dishonest to say anything else, right?

If you talk to anyone who studies the data,

Immigrants are net positive economic contributors.