Your logic is that people who enter America wishing to do us harm might take advantage of the fact that this is a free country. The answer is to better control those who enter, rather than eliminate the free country.
"because of deep cuts in the Massachusetts budget"
Of course, because government creates jobs. The bigger government gets, the more jobs there are, and the more prosperous society becomes. < /Globethink >
So what would be the impact of redirecting the money currently used to fund NASA toward tax incentives for private space commercialization and exploration initiatives?
A friend's daughter has come out as a koala-f***er and has embarked on an active sex life. She is barely 16, and seems to be enjoying herself immensely. One parent is bemused, the other upset. But they should be thankful.
Fortunately for the girl and her partner, NSW takes a Queen Victoria-like attitude to koala-f***ing. For girls, age of consent laws in NSW do not discriminate between heterosexual and koala sex. If you are a 16-year-old girl, you are legally free to indulge in either (or both) forms of sex.