And as I said in a response to Moonshayde, I *want* the children of immigrants to do better than their parents. Hell, I wanted that for my generation of natural-born Americans, but it ain't happening. The whole country's standard of living is backsliding. And while I appreciate that immigrants still want to come, because it's better than the standard of living some of their native countries offer, I don't think the longterm economic hit can be ignored.

If we let people in unchecked to do these undesirable jobs (Americans area actually quite entitled themselves - no one wants to stoop to do these jobs. How many of you know unemployed people who refuse to work at McDonald's as a stop-gap until they get a 'real' job?) and generation after generation gradually moves up and opens those jobs to even more people coming in for minimum wage, our economy just isn't going to be able to support anyone. I'm not convinced it's supporting us NOW. Now is the time for reform.

Sure we're the home of the free and brave (ha), but we'll eventually be the home of the destitute. I might exaggerate, but I dunno.