entitled \u201cThe front line in a Trump immigration war: State economies.\u201d ()<\/span><\/p>\nAs the title implies, the discussion suggests that the economies of the states with the largest numbers of illegal aliens would suffer the greatest impact from a renewed enforcement of the nation\u2019s immigration law by leading to deportations of illegal residents. It quotes a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as saying, \u201c”It’s very difficult to imagine the economy functioning without this workforce.”<\/span><\/p>\nThat comment suggests that the official believes that the US. economy should be permanently dependent on the exploitation of unskilled, exploitable illegal alien workers. It also ignores the effect of a gradual reduction in the size of the illegal population through deportation and denial of jobs leading to higher wages that would attract unemployed and underemployed legal workers \u2013 some of them legal resident immigrants.<\/span><\/p>\nThe CNBC article also demonstrates the difficulty of conducting a serious debate over the immigration issue. As soon as the prospect of a disruption of the economy from deportations was portrayed, the discussion changed gears to legal immigration. The article continued: \u201cU.S. innovation can also get a boost from immigrant college graduates.\u201d The implication is that the Trump immigration policy\u2019s focus on enforcement would also curtail legal immigration. That is a completely fictitious implication.<\/span><\/p>\nIt is abundantly clear that a major effort will be needed by FAIR and fair-minded analysts during the campaign to keep the pundits objective and honest in their commentary about the immigration issue in the presidential debate. \u00a0<\/span>