Trib: We Need Immigrants, Jorgenson

Just as soon as Rep. Raul Labrador (pictured) jumped into Idaho’s 1st Congressional District campaign, the illegal immigration issue jumped right in there with him. Labrador, R-Eagle, is challenging Iraq War veteran Vaughn Ward in next year’s GOP primary for the right to face U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick, D-Idaho. Labrador is an immigration attorney, and one of Ward’s supporters, state Sen. Mike Jorgenson, R-Hayden Lake, was only too happy to point that out. It remains to be seen whether Labrador’s professional stance on illegal immigration is at odds with his public views. But Jorgenson is throwing red meat to the nativist element of the Republican Party. It immediately puts Labrador on the defensive. What you won’t hear - from Labrador or anyone else running for office - is the brutal truth about undocumented workers in this country. We need them/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here .

Question: Where do you stand on the immigration issue?