[Kobyashi1942]

The WSJ is a great paper (the only one I subscribe to), but it is DEAD STUPID WRONG on immigration.

Hear, Hear! Immigration is the defining issue of the day and the Republicans are missing the boat. I used to enjoy reading the WSJ until they started shilling for Kemp-Bennett (those NWO idiots). People like Kemp and Newt are the reasons that the Republican party have lost the Senate and will probably lose the house.

If Newt had only embraced the proposition 187 movement we wouldn't be in this boat that we are in today.

[Clemenza]

Much to the dismay of many on this site, I am a moderate on immigration. I have seen in my own life and neighborhoods both the positive and negative consequences of immigration. I believe that "family reunification" (read:chain migration) should be abolished and illegal immigration cracked down, largely by severely penalizing business that knowingly hire illegals. At the same time, I am all for letting in entrepeneurial and skilled immigrants, who I believe are overburdened by the immigration bureaucracy. The Venezuelan and Panamanian banking professionals must spend a sh-tload of money on legal fees so that they can work in the US, while the US government appears to turn a blind eye to uneducated grape pickers and dishwashers. It is a sad situation indeed.

[Sonny M]

The reason the WSJ has always been totally supporting of immigration is that immigration provides cheaper labor to major corporations. If there were no immigrants, people picking oranges wouldn't be paid minimum wage, they'd have to be paid alot more, just to get people to do it. Sweat shops that don't exist, would have to pay higher wages to americans. The WSJ will always support cheaper labor.