David J. Bier
Effectively zero immigrants went to West Virginia from 2019 to 2024, yet many West Virginians ranked immigration as their top issue because they thought NYC was stealing their welfare and Social Security checks to pay for illegal immigrant housing.
Alexander Kustov
OK, folks should stop using the negative correlation between foreigner shares and far-right support as proof that immigration isn't at fault. Cosmopolitans self-select into areas with more foreigners, and people care about migration as a national issue beyond their own locality.
