While it is true that our state’s population growth in the decade to 2010 puts us about in the middle of all states, it is due largely to our higher than average birth rate, and our status as destination for immigrants, legal and illegal.

Why are immigrants any less valid than people moving to the state from within the US? My parents were immigrants. Most friends of the family were in the same boat (no pun intended). They worked damn hard and never were a drag upon the government.