The New York Cimes
‘THENEW YORK TIMES EDITORIALS /LETTERS MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2008
The Catch-22 of Immigration Reform
‘Tothe Editor:
Your April 17 editorial effectively
‘demonstrated the threat that the SAVE
‘Act and the New Employment Verfica-
tion Act pose to American workers. But
there's another casualty of these pro-
‘posed laws that must be mentioned: se-
curity:
‘Should these bills pass, they would
force millions into the biack market,
creating a vast job network that could
‘employ potential terrorists and crimi-
nals. Legal markets are hard enough for
the government to watch, but black
‘markets are impossible.
‘Millions of foreign or domestic crimi
nals could hide in our labor black mar-
kets if these laws pass. These costs must
Deconsidered. ALEX NOWRASTEH
‘Washington, Apri 17,2008
‘The writer is an immigration policy ana-
Lyst at the Competitive Enterprise Insti-
tute,