"And Labor, as it should, will recognize the value of this--and opposition to immigration reform will fall dramatically."


                     I don't think labor will see the value of supporting illegal immigration until, or unless, the immigrants are able to bargain for fair wages. Once that happens, they wouldn't have a lot of value to the employers who are hiring them now. So you've got a kind of "chicken or egg" scenario going on.

                     The other element to all of this is, at some point in time, the American taxpayer is either going to have to pay for the Iraq war, or worse, the interest on the borrowed money is going to start dragging down the economy. Either way, I think we are headed for a recession. Whenever that strikes, nobody is going to want to see a bunch of foreign workers in America, legal or not.