The U.S. labor shortage is a myth
Re “No Bush, no border reform,”
Opinion, July 28
Although Andres Martinez criticized the Bush administration for failing to provide any witnesses to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration legislation, he failed to indicate the real purpose of the hearing. The hearing was based on the falsehood that America has a giant labor shortage and that our economy will sink if we don’t bring in massive flows of foreign workers. Hopefully, future hearings will include a greater balance of witnesses, and consist of those who represent the interests of all law-abiding citizens and the millions of Americans who cannot find full-time jobs.
Jim Redhead
San Diego
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