People Sorters – The New Inquiry
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The idea of regulating immigration by questionnaire is not so far-fetched, nor is it new.
Francis Galton wearing a Trump toupee Do you cordially recommend forgery? The following is adapted from Questionnaire (Bloomsbury, 2016) AT a speech in August in Youngstown, Ohio, Donald Trump proposed “extreme vetting” along ideological lines for immigrants to the United States. “Those who do not believe in our Constitution, or who support bigotry and hatred, will not be admitted for immigration into our country,” the Associated Press reported Trump as saying. “Only those who we expect to flourish in our country -- and to embrace a tolerant American society -- should be issued visas.”…
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