Dicho, I think you are repeating what was told you, without considering what it means. Jobs that require cheap labor will go offshore, if it is convenient to have them done offshore, and if it is important that those jobs be done.

I think what we owe illegal immigrants who come here to work decent working conditions and something like a decent wage. Contrary to popular belief, I do not believe cheap labor is a particularly great blessing.

Hey, McGrath, I'll be more impressed by all that stuff about how we should allow unlimited immigration when you Brits get a bit less touchy about letting asylum-seekers cross the Channel. Or cut back on the anti-foreigner riots.

Hey, Troll! I think its unfair to call our foreign guests unpatriotic because they don't pay income tas. I think all those persons will gladly pay their income taxes as soon as their employers start reporting and deducting said taxes from their wages, and start paying their Social Security benefits, as we all know those patriotic gentlemen long to do. MSG (medium-sized grin). I'm sure they already pay the sales tax.