The leaders of the Democratic Party must be honest about the real effects of immigration

There are about 50 million foreign-born people in the United States. In a nation of about 330 million, that is around 14 percent of the population. That is a sharp rise from around 5 percent in 1970. Since 2001 nearly 1 million legal immigrants have entered the US each year.

I can imagine in broad strokes how liberals would interpret these statistics.

Socially, it’s all good. Immigrants bring creative energy and enrich our cities with cultural diversity…