You don't need a conspiracy theory to explain it. Below is actual text and actual signatories from an ad run in Congressional Quarterly and CQ Weekly by this coalition during last year's immigration debacle. Note that it includes a witches brew of industry associations (aka "K Street lobbyists"), immigration "advocates", and unions. All three have
direct monetary interests in adding 20 to 50 million peasant laborers to the American population.
"Though no one wants to reward illegal behavior, we must find a way for these workers to come forward, make good on the past and participate in a program that leads to permanent residency and eventual citizenship."
http://www.meatami.com/1CQImmigrationAd030206.pdf
The Rogues Gallery Of Signatories To The Above Statement:
- Associated Builders and Contractors
- Associated General Contractors of America
- American Hotel and Lodging Association
- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- American Jewish Committee
- American Meat Institute
- American Nursery and Landscape Association
- Essential Worker Immigration Coalition
- Grover G. Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform
- League of United Latin American Citizens
- Linda Chavez, Chairman, Center for Equal Opportunity
- Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
- National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund
- National Association of Home Builders
- National Immigration Forum
- National Restaurant Association
- National Council of Chain Restaurants
- National Roofing Contractors Association
- Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association
- Service Employees International Union
- Society of American Florists
- Tamar Jacoby, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute
- The Latino Coalition
- UNITE/HERE
- United Farm Workers of America
- United Food and Commercial Workers Union
- United Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Association
- US Chamber of Commerce
The elites believe easy immigration keeps the cost of living low, and they consider the low COL a greater benefit than the harm of unbridled and unassimillated immigration.
Reasonable can obviously differ on the cost/benefit without need for conspiracy theories.