Reply #12: So in essence you are saying only American born people matter?

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We have to deal with a global work force, period. Just thinking we can ignore other people doesn't make them go away. They will be willing to work for less than the priviliged nobility that people try to make of their American citizenship.

We have to get real about this. When capital can cross borders but not labor, then capital moves to where the labor will work the cheapest. And yet they can still sell their products to the "nobility."

Americans would not suffer from the prosperity of others. And they have no right to the poverty of others so they can keep their relative prosperity.

I doubt the houses in the area described are selling for $500K - if they are, that means the immigrants are able to afford it.

But your point is that Americans are suffering, which does not play well in the rest of the world, where Americans are going to be seen as the richest.