Establishment oracle George Will has reversed himself after a career of praising mass migration, dating back to the Reagan administration.
Will’s sudden renunciation of establishment orthodoxy after 50 years of support for mass migration was signaled with a single adjective in his April 24 column, as he lamented slow population growth under President Donald Trump’s low migration policy:
There is one promising solution. Increasing skilled immigration into our nation [emphasis added].
Not “mass migration,” not even just “migration.” Will is now backing only “skilled migration.”
The shift to “skilled” is a big change for 84-year-old Will, whose carefully written nationwide op-ed columns have shaped Baby Boomers, Millennials, and Generation X since 1974.
His careful word choice of “skilled” implies a smaller-scale inflow of highly productive people who can complement, but not replace or sideline, the native wisdom, diligence, and productivity of America’s vast citizenry.
But Will has spent
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