With all the discussion of immigration lately, I have begun to wonder if the age of borders is passing.  I don’t know if that is a good thing or a bad thing.  It just is.  National borders is a hold over from a non-globalized economy.  I don’t see how you can treat the issue of immigration separate from that of globalization.  At it’s heart, that is the real issue.  We have a totally globalized economy and all the policies that go with it.  On the other hand, we have the issue of immigration and its policies.  Each treated as separate issues.  The U.S. is schizophrenic on this issues.  If we are ever going to have resolution on these issues, it will have to be done together.