More Criticism of the Amnesty Bill

30 May
2007

The Heritage Foundation’s James Jay Caranfano is no fan of the immigration deal. In a new paper out this afternoon, he calls it “1986 Redux.” Carafano says the deal reached by the White House and Sen. Teddy Kennedy repeats the same mistakes of the 1986 amnesty deal.

Meanwhile, my colleague James Sherk criticizes a provision in the bill that would require employ¬≠ers to pay temporary guest workers the “prevailing competitive wage.” Sherk says it would “reduce labor market flex¬≠ibility, and would open the door to costly litigation.”

And finally, Heritage alumnae Kate O’Beirne weighs in on the battle between Robert Rector and the Wall Street Journal. A line from her excellent National Review article: “The Wall Street Journal‚Äôs analysis was so unresponsive to Rector‚Äôs report that it would seem the editorial‚Äôs author was simply unfamiliar with Rector‚Äôs detailed findings.” Ouch!

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