In Defense of Day Laborers

The New York Times (here) ran a thoughtful editorial today on misplaced local efforts to bar day laborers to solicit work.  Here is the punch line:

One can oppose illegal immigration and still approve of hiring sites, places where laborers can find shade, toilets and a safe place to negotiate jobs with contractors and homeowners. The most obvious reasons are crowd control and traffic safety.

Note that the op/ed mentions local controversies from Long Island to Los Angeles. 

KJ