“… while they and their spouses labor in their white-collar world, someone is home taking care of the kids, mowing the lawn, making dinner, and cleaning the house. And, often, that person is an immigrant — sometimes legal, sometimes illegal, but an immigrant nonetheless.
Checkmate.”
My arse. I lived in the LA area 23 years and took care of my own kids (with my spouse), mowed my own lawn, made my own dinner and my wife cleaned the house. Thousands, if not millions, do the same. Oh, and I worked in “the industry” to boot.
That being said, I fully recognize the value that illegal workers bring; I’m actually for a very open immigration policy (pace Milton Friedman) provided new workers can’t collect government benefits for a set number of years.
Mr. Navarrette’s arguments are weak and anecdotal. He needs to retrench and explain the fundamental reasons for a liberal immigration policy — not just take potshots at stereotyped white-collar industry executives.
