Immigration reform as approved by the Senate provides a path to legal status and eventual citizenship for the 11 million undocumented workers in America, adds biometric verification for visitors entering and leaving the country, and expands visas for skilled and unskilled workers, all worthy goals.

But the bill’s bureaucratic wage provisions encourage illegal immigration by setting wages for immigrants above their true wage. This must be fixed in the House. If employers are required to pay immigrants inflated wages, firms will be tempted to hire off the books, or not at all.