  That's exactly the point I was making.  Immigration is not necessarily bad for the economy.  -Rich immigrants pay taxes to help provide public services for everyone (and that includes whites)  -Poor immigrants, if they are working, are doing a job that no one else wants to take, so why not let them do it? It has to be done.  The immigrants who I think are not helping the economy are the ones who form gangs, live off welfare etc...These people should either change their attitude immediately or get deported.  Of course, if the primary objective is to isolate your culture, then that is a different story. But just don't expect your economy to be very successful in the long run as your population decreases from low birth rates.  The problem with most immigration, poor or rich is that immigrants don't want to assimilate and start demanding special rights. The richer ones also learn how to exploit the poorer ones, all the time pretending to take up their cause.    Like I said before, trim down the expenditures and suddenly tax revenues seem not to be as dire as previously thought. The very notion of needing immigrants for tax revenues smacks of a fundamental problem with the tax system and indicative of a government that is spending beyond it's means or societies needs.