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There's a lot of anti-immigrant sentiment being driven by the poor economy,
although that's really coming out more recently.
For a long time, there's been a lot of concern about illegal immigration,
particularly in the U.S. and Muslim immigration in Europe,
and a lot of that is driven also by cultural factors, not just economic.
But what we're seeing more recently
is a focus more on the economic side of it,
especially with increases in unemployment,
and there's almost been a delay in terms of the response
that people have had to the immigration issue.
And so, for example, it's only in the last few months in Europe
that we've seen a rise in voting for radical right parties,
anti-immigrant parties who are also anti-islam.
And in the U.S., we're seeing more sentiment against immigration,
as seen in Senate Bill 1070 in Arizona
and the push to try and have a bill like that in other states.
And so, I think there's been a bit of a delay in the economic impact.
But there's almost been a constant underlying concern about cultural issues
related to immigration, and those factors are kind of coming together now.
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