We have often cited at the Conspiracy the trio of points that government restrictions on immigration politicize what ought to be market processes, retard economic productivity, and are unconstitutional on a federal level.

The debate on the other side of the statist isle has usually been whether the feds should allow lots of immigrants to stay, or ship them back, whether the federal government should build a wall along our southern border, or allow passes to the people who comply to their rules; whether to spy on businesses to see if they are hiring "illegals", or let them do their business.

The President and John "the Constitutional Scholar" McCain recommend a "guest worker" program. But even this causes problems for the immigrants. To solve the problem, why not let consumers, businesses and immigrants make decisions for themselves?

Here is the link to an insightful NYT article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/us/28labor.html?_r=2&ref=todayspaper&o...