[Dolphy]

If the Bush plan involves temporary workers filling slots no one will accept where the minimum wage is offered, while the prevailing wage is materially higher for such jobs, than I will lash out.

I understand, but look at how this country was built. Interestingly, the GOP leader in Michigan said several months ago that our economy here was so bad because of high wages. Everyone lashed out at her. Today the University of Michigan released a study that said the Michigan economy is not rebounding because of...high wages (causing business to go to other states and failing to attract new business). Which is all to say, these are complicated times, even with out the immigration question.

[Torie]

The stress on low wage jobs is palpable and real. That cannot be ignored. This lawyer is flying high. But then I am in a different category, almost totally immune from illegal immigration. The issue needs to be addressed honestly, and practical solutions proposed that do not involve self defeating protectionism, or nativism, or cutting off the vigorous immigration stream vis policies that enhance this nation, and its mission, and the power to effect it, as outlined by Bush, over the decades. I grant you, that is a heavy lifting task. It is not for the superficial. It requires a high level of good judgment, balancing the competing considerations, and sailing the ship of state between Scylla and Charybdis.