Noozer wrote:
Entering the United States, or any nation, is a privilege, not a universal
right. Any nation has the right to control who it allows to come in, and
who
it decides to keep out.


Not to detract from the current discussion... but...

I'm a Canadian. I would *LOVE* to move to the US, become a citizen, pay
taxes, etc. Doing so is pretty much impossible, unless I want to spend years
going to school. Canadians can't even participate in the VISA lottery.

Considering that my wife and I earn over $100,000/year, I doubt we'd be any
burden.



And I talked to some young English speaking Canadians from the Western
Provinces a number of years ago who appeared to believe STRONGLY that
the Nations of Canada and USA should unite into one nation. Course the
residents of Quebec appear to STRONGLY resist this idea, and many other
Canadian groups oppose this idea as well.

Individuals have different ideas from groups.