[Paleo Conservative]

Europeans (including Swedes) don't move to America because Sweden is better.

Wrong, due to immigration reforms in the 1960's sponsored by Ted Kennedy, US immigration quotas favor the Third World applicants over Europeans.

[swarthyguy]

Uh, 1. Republicans were in on the Immigration Act of 1965.
I believe Ted was a junior senator or house member; wasn't his baby. He was however, instrumental in passing the Special Amnesty for Irishmen ONLY in the early 90's or late 80's with the help of the Republicans who DID NOT try not stop the measure.


2. Immigrants were let in on skills up until the 80's - doctors, engineers etc.. Professionals from Western Europe had no desire to migrate to the US.
Eastern Europeans weren't allowed by their countries to leave.

Reagan opened up the immigration laws quite a bit in th 80's to allow people (without professional skills but business acumen) who wanted to work loooong hours and invest to come here and open stores, gas stations and other businesses. Very few Western Europeans did so.

3. Today, Eastern Europeans want to migrate here; and they do so. The number of people applying to immigrate to the US from Western Europe is virtually non-existent.

[LostTribe]

>US immigration quotas favor the Third World applicants over Europeans.

No doubt about that. But still the Europeans come, when they can.