The Wall Street Journal originally published this op-ed on June 19, 2013:
Millions of basketball and hockey fans gathered in arenas, sports bars and living rooms this week to watch the NBA and NHL playoff finals. Plenty of remarkable athletic talent has been on display—much of it developed in other countries. With Congress debating immigration reform, it’s worth keeping in mind …

The New Hampshire Union Leader originally published this op-ed on June 7, 2013:
Many of our fellow Republicans aren’t sure what to think of the Gang of Eight immigration reform bill being debated in the U.S. Senate. As former chairs of the New Hampshire Republican Party, we support the modernization effort led by conservative leaders, including U.S. Sens. John McCain and …

The strength of Immigration Wars comes from who wrote it: Two bona fide leaders of the policy & ideas branch of the conservative movement. Gov. Bush and Clint Bolick make the case for immigration reform not for political reasons but as a matter of sound policy that will grow the U.S. economy.
Both Bush and Bolick come to the immigration …

Americans By Choice Applauds Gang of 8 Immigration Plan
Citizenship and Legal Status Can Be Treated As Separate Issues
Fergus Cullen, founder of Americans By Choice, a new center-right organization supporting immigration reform, issues the following statement in response to today’s immigration reform plan outlined by the Senate’s Gang of Eight:
“We applaud the basic outline released by the Gang of Eight today. …

Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick make the case for comprehensive reform and why “the best way to prevent illegal immigration is to make sure that we have a fair and workable system of legal immigration:”
“Some policy makers are calling for piecemeal changes—such as issuing visas for high-skilled workers and investors, or conferring legal …

“I don’t think there’s a lot of concern in this country that we’ll somehow get overrun by Ph.D.s and entrepreneurs,” Sen. Marco Rubio says in his featured Wall Street Journal weekend interview. The interview focuses on Rubio’s common sense, politically courageous immigration reform plan.
“Legal immigration [is] one of the things that makes us vibrant and exceptional,” Rubio states. He …

Ed Black, in Forbes:
It is time for more Republicans to clarify their support for legal immigration by pushing for and enacting legislation that would further it. As long as rhetoric that cloaks opposition to all immigration in the guise of fighting illegal immigration goes unchallenged, minority voters will not differentiate between the two. If GOP leaders can show …

Writing at Forbes, Jerry Bowyer nails it: “To my GOP brethren: If you see your problem with immigrants as merely one of marketing, then you will not succeed. The nativist wing of the party is not just politically inconvenient, it is morally and economically wrong. The point is not to capitulate to political necessity; the point is to have …

A major weakness of the 1986 immigration reform law was the omission of a guest or temporary worker provision, something that could have become a legal channel for many of today’s undocumented residents. That’s one of the points made in “Answering the Critics of Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” a paper published by the Cato Institute and written by Stuart …

“In North Carolina, farmers advertised 7,000 job openings to Americans before applying for H-2A visas to fill the spots; 250 applied, 70 showed up for work the first day, and after two weeks, five remained.”

That’s from a piece published in the Orange County Register by The Cato Institute’s Alex Nowrasheh. A guest worker program accommodating workers who really do …