The NY Times wouldn't mention immigration because that would harm the Ehite House narrative about how 'good' it will be to open the borders and provide amnesty. The people that are most conditioned to vote democrat (the poor) are the ones who are ultimately harmed the most from increasing immigration and reducing deportations. However by increasing immigration, presumably the Democrats think that they will add enough votes to offset the potential loss of votes from the existing American lower classes who are most profoundly harmed by illegal immigration and the so-called 'path to citizenship.'

In terms of immigration policy, one might want to ask oneself why tech companies want to increase H1s; why people like Zuckerberg care about the immigration issue at all. It isn't because of some altruism. More immigrants mean declining labor costs. This article exposes the canary of the lower wage segments, however a similar pattern will eventually emerge in the higher wage fields as well.