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...er the gains made by the rich outpace those made by everyone else. The number of illegal immigrants has reached at least 10 million people. More are on the way. Despite years of talk about ratcheting up immigration control, the U.S. economy seems to have work for anyone willing to brave the dangers of jumping the border - and willing to work cheaply once he or she gets here. American workers competing for low-wage jobs pay a price for the illegal immigration boom, though the economy as a whole may benefit. But does the presence of a huge semi-clandestine population threaten national security? And if people desperate to work are able to enter the United States illegally, aren’t terrorists able to do so as well? These are some of the issues pushing lawmakers and citizens in Washington and elsewhere to call for reshaping immigration policy. Allowing people already here illegally to qualify for legal status is only one of the plans being debated. Terri Schiavo lay in a "persistent vegetative state" for 15 years until she died on March 31 after hospice staff removed her life-sustaining feeding tube. Schiavo's case touched off a wrenching nationwide debate that continues in political, legal and medical circles over when, if ever, to withdraw life-support from incapacitated patients unable to express their own wishes. Many ad...