True, but then it makes no sense that we’d be behind in every objective measure if they’re still trying to come here. It’s because we’re not behind, compared to where they’re coming from.
A lot of it is an artifact of America’s global hegemony, which we’ve squandered over the past decades.
And as we’ve imported the Third World, more and more parts of America become as the Third World.
So they essentially move to a place that’s just like home with a (likely) stronger currency and likely more pleasant weather.
Good for them. Not good for us.