New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg testifed before the Senate today in support of the Senate bill to allow illegal aliens to become legal permanent residents and citizens.  I strongly oppose this bill, but I recognize that plenty of smart people support some sort of "amnesty" as part of so—called "comprehensive immigration reform."  This is a very important debate that the country is having right now. What surprised me about Mayor Bloomberg's testimony, however, was how ignorant and unreasonable it was (at least the parts reported in the media). First, Bloomberg claimed that the nation's economy would "collapse" if all illegal aliens were deported.  This is obviously false, and nothing more than cheap scaremongering. To begin with, illegal aliens represent no more than 3—5% of the overall labor force and are concentrated in lower—value service industries, like agriculture, restaurants, cleaning services, yard work, and domestics.  They are...(Read Full Post)