Wow! I can’t remember when I’ve seen passions running so high, viz. the heat from Jim Rockford and Terrye (whose comments I have enjoyed and learned from in the past).

Jim #8:
Actually Japan is not doing just fine without immigration. Their birth rate is below 1.3, far below the replacement rate of 2.1

Here is a link to a BBC article from August, 2006:

http://tinyurl.com/yq5w5t

Immigration is keeping our birthrate above replacement rate.

Thank you Roger, for initiating this discussion.