[Pubbie]

"How many do you suppose want to come here? The reason so few from Western Europe wish to immigrate to the US is because their economies are on par as ours. Soon, East Europe and Russia will be too now that they got rid of communism."

Well Eastern Europe has a LONG way to go before the living standard is close to the American living standard.

Russia has been doing economically quite well recently, BUT again, it still has a looooong way to go.

In Russia at least 30% of the population is living in poverty, and I imagine many of those people would like to come over.

For the most part, Eastern Europe is generally very poor, and there surely must be tens of millions of young people who would love to come over to the US.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

For the most part, Eastern Europe is generally very poor, and there surely must be tens of millions of young people who would love to come over to the US.

That may be true, but as I've been saying we need a time-out, at least for five years. Then maybe we can resume with an immigration policy that has some sanity attached to it. I see no problem increasing immigration from that part of the world, in moderation.