Of course what most people don't get is that without immigration, illegal or otherwise, you can say goodbye to our economy. People complain about how they steal jobs, ruin our "culture" (and I hasten to add that the U.S. is a country of immigrants, the WASPs just got thier first) and other assorted acts of mini-terrorism, the fact of the matter is, is that there is large parts of the economy that depend on immigration. There are jobs in this country that most of us just wont do and with the increasinly aged population we will be unable to support our economy. To put it plainly without immigration our countries will be unable to survive. The biggest problem with immigration is, of course, the welfare system, now admitedly this is less of a problem for the U.S. but here in the U.K. with the NHS we will have huge problems. However, with the need to vastly restructure the whole U.K. welfare system, perhaps this is a good time to look at the situation. You may not like the idea, but we NEED immigration, or it's goodbye to the Western system of government...and Mr. Silk would not like that.
