Immigration A Pressing Problem Facing Oklahoma –KOTV November 4 2006 reports

The issue of immigration has rapidly emerged as one of the most pressing problems facing Oklahoma. That’s the finding of our most recent Oklahoma Poll … immigration comes in a close third with 12 percent, a 10-point increase in the last 18 months

The ominous fact here for the open borders lobby is that education (#1) economy and employment (#2) and health care costs (#4) are all matters heavily impacted by immigration. Flooding schools with non-English speaking unmotivated children, and emergency rooms with non-paying primary care seekers is very visibly damaging. The redistributive effect of immigration can mask its deleterious effect on the economy for a while – but those directly in the path of the competition the newcomers bring figure it out fast.

For immigration reformers, it is just a question of getting the arguments out…