[Don Myers]

""This is very sad for us. Some of these people have become friends and were longtime employees," Bennett said. "The picture that is often painted is (that) these are negative people, but in this case, though some of them may be, it certainly wasn't all of them. They were very hardworking, very professional people who, yes, had bad documents." "

When the Roman Empire fell due to invasion by the barbarians, the Roman citizens did not resist the invaders. Heck, the invaders looked like them, and by that time, the Roman citizens had no real interest in preserving their society.

[demkicker]

"When the Roman Empire fell due to invasion by the barbarians, the Roman citizens did not resist the invaders. Heck, the invaders looked like them, and by that time, the Roman citizens had no real interest in preserving their society."

And we all know about history repeating itself... tsk, tsk.

[willyone]

Darn. You just described the US of today. I can hardly wait ten years when the illegals and other immigrants outnumber those with a history in the country.

[goody2shooz]

...Roman citizens did not resist the invaders...

So many immigrants from the provinces had come to the Italian penninsula and to Rome itself by the middle of the first century A.D. that historians have estimated that 60-70% of the population in those areas were of non-native origination by the biginning of the 2nd Cent. A.D.

That means that the culture had changed.

Remember, the Roman Empire had no public education that might have enculturated immigrant children to Roman life. As it were, home teaching was the norm if taught at all.

I suspect resistance was low because the invaders weren't all that different from the people living in Rome in the 3rd century A.D.