Immigration and Season Labor

The NY Times reports in this article about the potential cut back in services due to the business owner's inability to hire seasonal laborers.

I suppose you can argue this both ways. Pro-immigration folks will say "see, we need immigration, legal or otherwise, to keep our economy humming along." Anti-immigration folks will say "if the employers paid a living wage American people would take these jobs."

I realize this is the NY Times and that the article only samples a couple of businesses. That said, I suspect both sides have legitimate points and I'm sure the reality is somewhere in between. It is interesting that the Hispanic Caucus in Congress appears to be part of the road block.