>The point was this - inequality has increased over the last decade or two
>solely due to immigration. This was based on a recent study by some
>academic economist (unfortunately I don't remember the name), who claims
>that if you remove recent immigrants and analyze the rest of the
>population, inequality has increased only slightly (they also claim that
>the immigrants are doing better too, but not only did they not give any
>evidence for this claim its beside the point), and that even the poor have
>gained economically.
First of all, so what? Immigrants are people too. And second of all, the economics of immigration is extremely controversial; one study does not a firm conclusion make.
Wasn't George Borjas, was it?
Doug