Freedom of Immigration Acts By Tom Bethell

After the immigration bill failed in the U.S. Senate, the postmortems deplored the new power of bloggers and the Internet. A done deal cooked up behind closed doors was derailed by the voice of the people. "Talk radio is running America," complained Mississippi's Sen. Trent Lott. The Washington Post headlined a David Broder column on the subject, "A Mob-Rule Moment." Often called the "dean" of Washington journalists, Broder was concerned that public opinion had been "exaggerated by modern communications and interest group pressure."

That is a fascinating topic, but of more interest right now is the issue of immigration itself. To what extent are immigrants good for America? Are illegals all that bad? Does the continued performance of the U.S. economy require a sizable inflow of newcomers? Did the defeated bill deserve to lose?

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