> The last thing we want to do is import even more low-skilled labor who will soon be made redundant. This is the lump-of-labor fallacy. More immigrants means

> The last thing we want to do is import even more low-skilled labor who will soon be made redundant. This is the lump-of-labor fallacy. More immigrants means greater demand for labor (and other goods and services), not just greater supply and results in net job creation and wage increases for native workers. Automation isn't likely to change that, because the demand for labor is not fixed.