"Immigrant Labor, Immigrant Rights"

David Bacon, an immigration activist, has published a provocative article on the relationship between the immigration debate and larger debates about trade policy and labor organizing. I am not convinced that his focus on "rights" is the proper avenue: I prefer to see this debate go forward using the language and logic of solidarity. But, Bacon's article points out many of the issues that would remain unaddressed even if comprehensive immigration reform were to pass tomorrow, which it won't.