The Washington Post tells us that farmers in Texas are having trouble getting enough workers because of restrictions on immigration. It then reports one farmer's warning that if Mexicans can't come over the border to work on farms here, then the produce will just be produced in Mexico and shipped over the border. This invites the obvious response "so what?" I don't see a problem with importing produce from Mexico. I also think it's probably better in general for Mexicans to have the opportunity to work in their own country than have to come to the United States to get a decent job. I realize that the farmer in the story may be out of business, but the government does not exist to guarantee farmers access to cheap labor.
--Dean Baker