This editorial misses the point about "illegal" immigration. The inadequacy of legal options for temporary worker migration needs to be addressed in order to eliminate the false category of "illegal immigration."
Illegal immigration: Resumption of workplace raids is unnecessary - latimes.com: "In his State of the Union address, President Obama renewed his call for comprehensive immigration reform, and said he was ready to work with Republicans and Democrats 'to protect our borders, enforce our laws and address the millions of undocumented workers who are now living in the shadows.' If the president and other advocates of reform are to succeed, they must emphasize border protection and enforcement as well as legalization.
'Comprehensive' reform must be just that: a combination of legalization for immigrants already in the country and new measures to prevent illegal immigration in the future."
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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