[NEBUCHADNEZZAR1961]

It is a common misperception held by protectionists that proponents of free trade are in favor of illegal immigration. This is patently wrong and absurd. No one advocates or condones the breaking of our laws. I think you'll find that most free traders would support building a wall along the Mexican border if our leaders had the fortitude to do so.

Wrong. One cannot have Free Trade without open borders. If a nation is going to have a free trade policy with third-world (cheap labor) nations like India and China, that nation, to be competitive, will need a large source of cheap labor-Mexico and the rest of latin America. So you want cheap good from China and outsourcing of your jobs to India? Well your going to have to put up with massive immigration from the South.

[Toddsterpatriot]

If a nation is going to have a free trade policy with third-world (cheap labor) nations like India and China, that nation, to be competitive, will need a large source of cheap labor-Mexico and the rest of latin America.

Please, tell us how cheap Mexican labor helps us compete with China and India. Will these Mexican landscapers allow us to bring back the call center jobs that moved to India? How about those landscapers making goods for WalMart?

[1rudeboy]

One cannot have Free Trade without open borders.

That must come as a shock to the free-traders on this thread. How was I to know that I'm in favor of illegal immigration until you came along to tell me?