[FITZ]

I don't agree with what Castro does to keep Cubans in Cuba, I was pointing out that even Castro sees the need to keep the working people in his country. You should see some of the almost ghost towns that once thriving little Mexican villages have become. Just a few old people and abandoned mothers with children are all that's left in many little towns ---why Mexican leaders think that's so wonderful is beyond me.

[discostu]

Castro dumped tens of thousands of people on America, don't you remember the boat people invasion? One of the high points of the Carter presidency.

You should see some of the almost ghost towns in America. Populations are consolidating all over the place, there's more money and jobs in bigger cities. I've watched Tombstone dry up and blow away during my periodic visits, if it wasn't for their various excuses for massive tourism the place would have ceased to exist last decade, as it is I'll be amazed if it's still around in 2010. Douglas and Sierra Vista are going through similar things. Doesn't necessarily have anything to do with immigration.