U.K.: Closing the front door while the back door is open: "Home Secretary John Reid yesterday proposed slapping quotas on immigration for the first time. He said an advisory body would recommend "optimum" levels for the number of foreigners allowed to settle in the country. And he called for a "mature discussion" on action to stem the flood of illegal workers coming here. He said there must be an end to the "daft so-called politically correct notion that anybody who wants to talk about immigration is somehow a racist".