Whither the farms

Apparently some U.S. border State growers are complaining that all this talk about enforcing laws against illegal immigration (and prosecuting those who hire undocumented workers) is making those same workers too nervous to come to work. Said growers, or at least some of them, are threatening to take their farms to Mexico — to outsource their operations — if this keeps up.

Well, bully! I say good for them and for us! Not only will the honorable growers who play by the rules make more money because there are lots of shoppers who choose produce grown in the U.S., but subdivision developers will have a field day, so to speak.

And when housing sprouts quicker'n cotton seed, and land is taxed as residential rather than agricultural, seems like it would benefit the rest of us!

And of course, there's a fringe benefit for the workers of Mexico, who will have jobs without the peril of crossing an unfriendly border.