[Ryzorian]

Realjames; I will have to disagree with your assessment. Britain has many problems with immigrants so does much of Europe right now because the newer immigranst won't assimulate. Most of the newer ones are from North African Muslim countries. The Indian's in Britain are able to live well there because they lived under British rule for 400 years, and are semi assimulated allready.

The best way to explain what we mean by assimulation and why the lack of it becomes a problem for a nation is this. Imagine your on a Baseball team and a new person from another team joins your team. Only they don't really "join" your team, they insist on staying with thier team in spirit. They wear the other teams uniform dureing the game, won't try to get the batters from their old team out and won't hit anything the other teams pitcher throws. Now, how condusive to your teams playing potential is this behavior?

Canada has a very small population compared to the US and it's not safe from muliticultural problems either. Quebec is allways trying to leave Canada as a whole and be "Independant" because it has more French influence than the rest of Canada.

Folks sending money back is a big problem in the US now, it's why Mexico doesn't do anything about the border trouble because billions of dollars flows into it from the US every year. That's billions the US doesn't get back and can't tax.

Personally I think Much of the immigrant trouble, with Mexico anyway, could be fixed with "Ellis Island" spots along the border. You come up, enter there, we give you an ID and make sure you pass quarentine and your set. Hell, Ellis Island had millions pass through it and the US turned out fine.

Again it's about wether the immigrants are trying to become assimulated to the culture they are migrating too or are instead trying to enforce thier own cultural values on the new land.

Believe me, sooner or later a preassure point is reached and violence ensues, historically it always has. It has in Europe plenty, the French riots not to long ago was due to immigrants, mostly muslims from North Africa. Denmark kicked out everyone who hasn't been a resident for at least 16 years. Switzerland outlawed the Muslim Minerete. France banned muslim women from wearing a head scarf. Yes, I see multural culturalism working just fine.