I agree. I was just pointing out that the columnist is simply asserting that it is unlikely that the Arizona policy will lead to most illegals in arizona leaving the country — certainly a defensible position — albeit possibly wrong.
In my mind he's merely arguing for a long overdue modernization of farming practices in those areas where we are still using peon labor in peon conditions.
Rube believes that our lack of labor [read 'lazy gringos'] will cause us to further cede our national security and cultural values. That argument is on a descending slope in an economy that is increasingly less needful of manual labor in general and stoop labor in particular - but I guess it remains warm and fuzzy on the left.
They cannot accept that it really is he illegal part and not the hardworking part that is offensive:
I started to list the litany of other ills he is willing to ignore but the list is too long.