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Gavin Newsom: “We are now close to peak immigration again. We dropped very…”

Featuring: Gavin Newsom, Democratic | Governor of California

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Gavin Newsom and Newt Gingrich Discuss Immigration, Trump's Policies, and Bipartisanship

Published | Video Starts at 01:30

And of course, the beginning of the Chinese Exclusion act ultimately came out of the Bay Area and some of those movements. But interesting to me is we're We are now close to peak immigration again. We dropped very low in 1970. I think it was 4.8%, don't quote me. And now we're closer to 14, 14.8, wherever it is. Again, don't quote me. But it's significantly grown. How concerned. You talk about assimilation, you talk about the things you can't talk about from a European prism. (01:30–01:46)

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Asserts that immigration levels have increased from 4.8% in 1970 to approximately 14-14.8% currently.

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