Originally Posted by Schlack
"But as nine countries, including the Czech Republic, join the European Union's borderless Schengen zone Friday, Brussels is now ordering member states to get tough on visa policy.

That could spell trouble for an unlikely class of illegal immigrants: American expats. Attracted by English teaching jobs, the low cost of living, and societies just waking up to the possibilities of Western tourism, thousands are estimated to be living and working illegally in central and eastern Europe.

I will sleep tonight wondering about possible European reactions to 20,000 American English teachers marching through Prague, waving American flags and demanding their rights to full European citizenship ThumbsUp


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