2) Was Ted Kennedy's "Immigration Reform Act of 1986" the answer? (IRCA)
3) Now that we have Kennedy's disgraceful Act—which discouraged English-speakers—is our national IQ soaring?
Hardly. While we need to instill a proper educational psyche in our children, we also need to encourage a "brainy" immigration policy to keep up with our "Darwin-deficit". (Drugs, sex, rock&roll, and who-knows-what about Illegals).
3) Illegal immigration isn't just "running across the border"—it's also overstaying visas. No fence will cure that.
Look, we're not going to reclaim our lost manufacturing base anytime soon. This country remains the best marketing environment for goods and services in the world. To maintain or exceed our present excellent—and very low—jobless environment, we need to "seed" our high-tech with brains.
Who knows, some may marry Americans, and give Darwin a boost: And the US a new citizen—and a smart one at that!
All these complaints to JasonC are sounding like neo-isolationism.
What happens if this country "unionizes" its entire job market?