The Wall Street Journal is nothing short of a shill for cheap labor and open borders. They are not to be taken seriously on this issue. The comment about how an amnesty helps republicans shows that they're more than willing to lie through their teeth.
UNFORTUNATELY they are taken seriously by House, Senate, our President and all employers who illegally pay these people under the table.
I would like proof that they pay taxes, that they pay more than what they take out of welfare services including medicaid.
The WSJ doesn't have a bunch of dummies working for it. These people know what they're talking about. And as far as "shills" go, the bio on the guy who wrote the piece shows he has Republican credentials; after all, he was the RNC Chairman for a year and a half.
But don't just take Gillespie's word on the matter and dismiss it. Read Julian Simon's research on the The Economic Consequences of Immigration into the United States. Informed people should know not to bet against the late Julian Simon.
How a newspaper built on the business enterprises of the American employers can make such ludicrous statement, is beyond me.
Simple bookkeepers like myself can poke holes in this theory very easily.