The only news item that I have had a chance to read lately was this piece on washingtonpost.com about Bush’s proposed immigration reform. Immigration has been one of the newer topics on my mind in terms of policy. My interest in it started even before I met all my friends in Washington who came from other countries (some with much difficulty I may add). It just seems so logical and fair to me to let anyone come here who wants to in order to seek a better life. I mean, I would want the opportunity to move anywhere in the world to do something I like or that could make me successful. I know that most people in the world do not have that opportunity and I’ve even been told by my friends that no matter how difficult it seems to be to get into the U.S., it is still one of the easiest countries in the world to get into. All the arguments about immigrants taking all the jobs from Americans stem from irrational xenophobia. They are based on a groupthink mentality which pits Americans against the rest of the world. I like to think of people as individuals in that scenario because one’s country of origin is pretty much an accidental factor that the individual who may want to relocate at some point cannot control. If so many people want to come to the U.S. because it offers the greatest opportunities, then so be it. We could use people here who recognize that and want to take advantage of it. It can only make us all more successful.

Hmm, not to bad for off the top of my head.