Echoing the position of the illegal in the article.
Before acceding to the merit of that argument, we need to remember we can always let people in LEGALLY.
And How many times have we had to listen to the lame assertions of the open border lobby saying that this was "impossible."...ignoring that it was already doable as...Mexico proved. Or that the consequences would be too catastrophic for business. Look at Bush with his bogus "willing worker and willing employer, for work Americans don't want to do" insult to the U.S. citizens.
As for the "motor running down argument", frankly, I am not going to listen to the economics argument of a criminal. First they don't care particularly about our welfare. Their self interest is paramount. Second, their mutuality argument is rather suspect, since they probably have no understanding of what their depressing low-end and trade wages has done negatively to our lower middle class and the economy...with their penchant for shipping vast sums to Mexico....which then orders consumer goods from China...not the U.S.
They need to go home and fix their OWN motor. Mexico should not be looking to the US for a safety valve. They need to set their own house in order. Which means opportunity needs to be there for their lower class. No more games. No more corruption.
And ditto here. As you recognized here:
Big business, however, is going to fight this tooth and nail. They’re the ones that pump lobbying money into our politicians.
We do need to clean house here. Once the corrupted border enforcement is taken care of...the free market will fix things. Despite McCain and Bush screaming "it's impossible"....
As part of that cleaning house...your observation here needs a major caveat:
I couldn’t help but notice that almost all the conservative candidates seem a bit squeamish on immigration.
Almost is not all. Not Tancredo, and not the best candidate of the lot:
