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The Labor Department estimates that the total number of jobs in our economy that require only short-term training will increase from 53.2 million in 2000 to 60.9 million by 2010, a net increase of 7.7 million.

American workers willing to do such work continues to fall because of an aging workforce and the rising education levels.

Mexican migrants provide a ready source of labor to fill that growing gap.

"Mexican Workers Come Here to Work: Let Them!" by Daniel Griswold, CATO, www.freetrade.org