The Case for Low and Slow by Amy L. Wax

The Case for Low and Slow" is a 2018 article by University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax, published in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy. The paper argues for significantly reducing and slowing U.S. immigration levels, primarily on cultural grounds rather than economic ones.

Wax contends that large-scale immigration, especially from non-Western countries, threatens America’s national identity, social cohesion, and institutional integrity. She distinguishes between two forms of nationalism: