As usual, Dr. Sowell makes a great, rational economic argument. But one that he misses is his focus on agricultural workers. The number of illegal aliens employed in agricultural work is far less as a p[ercentage of the total than what it once was.
In fact, a major reason for the shortage of seasonal agricultural workers is because we've made it so easy and attractive for them to move into construction or even live on the dole than it once was.