Actually, the unemployment rate just went up, and if you're at the bottom of the pay scale, a five percent reduction would be hard to take. So while the article is probably right about that, it still hurts the same people.

                Futher, I think there is a lot of evidence that this is a world wide problem. Europe is having to deal with many of the same issues North America is.

                But I would disagree completely with Guest Steve. I think many element of legal immigration, almost all illegal immigration is counter productive to the greater society. It looks to me like he is just tooting the "corporate-globalist" horn here. Sure illegal immigration is good for the board of directors of the Holiday Inn, but it's not good for me, or anyone I know.

                Steve's last point, however, makes a lot of sense, unless you listen to John McCain who says the war is going well. But in the end, if the economy continues to slide, a lot more people will become aware of the downside of immigration.