[Viva Le Dissention]

The reason why the WSJ supports broader, more open immigration is because it makes capitalist sense.

Immigration into a capitalist country is an asset, not a problem. The more people, the larger the market, the more opportunity for division of labor.

If you have a problem with the current state of affairs, it ought to be with the social programs, not with immigration itself.

[RKV]

You have it partially correct. Unfortunately illegals aren't willing to carry the burden of citizenship and want only the economic benefits of being here. Obeying our laws, contributing to our common defense and adopting our culture are what is needed. They have proven that they will not do those things.

[Plutarch]

Immigration into a capitalist country is an asset, not a problem. The more people, the larger the market, the more opportunity for division of labor.

Well that settles that!!!

Here's a question, however. Let us suppose I were to scour the planet for the least desirable and assimilatible immigrants possible--- Tribes of cannibals, headhunters, imprisoned felons, French leftists, parents who named their children Osama, etc. and brought them to the U.S. illegally by the tens of millions, and deposited them disproportionately into your town and neighborhood.

Would you consider this change an "asset not a problem"?

[janetgreen]

capitalist sense.

The importation of poverty, ignorance, disease and dependence doesn't make any kind of sense, let alone capitalist sense. You're out of touch with reality.