Gov. Andrew Cuomo hands - down wins the award for most rational reaction by a political leader to Saturday's bombing — in stark contrast to Mayor Bill de Blasio and (worst of all) President Obama. (nypost.com)
As to whether this was the right decision, that gets much more complicated, (not least in how to define right in this context without devolving into opinion) since even if a work permit scheme had been implemented, it would have ended by now, and it would not have prevented migration from other EU countries, or directly affected immigration from outside the EU, and not all attitudes towards migrants come from rational reactions to simple numbers. (politics.stackexchange.com)
It is, in my view, a perfectly rational reaction by a growing proportion of the white working class who feel marginalised by a political elite that would rather ignore them. (conservativehome.blogs.com)