The Podcast of the Lotus Eaters #1452

Harry and Carl are joined by Elizabeth Heverin to discuss how your children are American but just don’t know it yet, the thrilling subject of stats and data collection, and the explosion in youth unemployment in the YooKay.

Reading List

• Bad News for America

  • Naturalization Clause - Constitution Annotated

  • Naturalization Acts of 1790 and 1795 - Mount Vernon

  • Alien and Sedition Acts - U.S. National Archives

  • Naturalization Act of 1802 - GovInfo

  • Naturalization Act of 1855 - DocsTeach (U.S. National Archives)

  • Fourteenth Amendment - Constitution Annotated

  • Fifteenth Amendment - Constitution Annotated

  • Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship - The White House

  • Archived article on birthright citizenship - Archive.today

  • Andrew Kolvet commentary on birthright citizenship ruling - Andrew Kolvet - X

  • Supreme Court strikes down Trump's order ending birthright citizenship - SCOTUSblog

  • TheOnlyDSC commentary on Supreme Court ruling - TheOnlyDSC - X

  • AliaTheWhite commentary on birthright citizenship - AliaTheWhite - X

  • John Roberts - Wikipedia

  • X post on birthright citizenship (title unavailable) - X

  • X post on Supreme Court ruling (title unavailable) - X

  • X post (title unavailable) - X

  • Matt Van Swol commentary - Matt Van Swol - X

  • Ergo Praxis commentary - Ergo Praxis - X

  • Reddit infographic on U.S. demographics - Reddit

  • White Americans - Wikipedia

  • X post on birthright citizenship (title unavailable) - X

  • Ron DeSantis statement on birthright citizenship - Ron DeSantis - X

• The System is Completely Broken

  • Office for National Statistics - Wikipedia

  • Understanding international migration statistics - Office for National Statistics

  • Why do the UK's net migration numbers keep being revised – and can we trust the data? - Electronic Immigration Network

  • Migration figures revised after ONS data review - BBC

  • Questions over ONS migration statistics - BBC

  • Why is the ONS facing a crisis over its data? - MoneyWeek

  • Archived article on ONS migration statistics - Archive.today

  • Archived article on ONS data and migration - Archive.today

• Youth Unemployment is Rising in the UK

  • LFS: Unemployment rate: UK: All: Aged 16–24: %: SA - Office for National Statistics

  • Young people and work: interim report - GOV.UK

  • 27 young non-EU migrants hired for every young Brit since 2020, analysis reveals - The Centre for Social Justice