Immigration is surging from countries where majorities believe in wife beating and intolerance to gays and religious diversity is high, according to a new analysis.
The report from the Center for Immigration Studies draws attention to the clash of cultures between the pro-diversity United States and the huge growth in immigration from 2010 of those from low-diversity nations such as Egypt, India, Ghana and Iraq.
“No one will be surprised that social views in traditional societies differ from those in the post-industrial West, but the degree of divergence can be striking. Immigration is surging from countries where that divergence is especially large,” wrote Jason Richwine.
He compared immigration figures with Pew’s American Values Survey to look at how the new immigrants look at gays, children and women.
“Obviously the figures indicate profound differences in cultural values between the United States and the countries that are sending us an increasing number of immigrants,” he wrote.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
