Immigration reform legislation that we had hoped would pass before the 2008 presidential election all but died last month when the Senate voted 46 to 53 against moving the legislation forward. In the end, the voice of opposition was so loud that it drowned everyone else out. Even senators who supported such reforms in the past voted against the bill once they realized it was going to be defeated. Opponents of the measure declared victory and said the American people had “won.” But American agriculture did not “win,” and I doubt that many who opposed the bill gave serious thought […]