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I agree that if illegal immigration is causing job loss to americans it is a problem that should be addressed; I admit I don't have much education on the subjec
by SolaceQuantum 8y ago
I agree that if illegal immigration is causing job loss to americans it is a problem that should be addressed; I admit I don't have much education on the subject. Do you know any studies to give hard(or even a range of) numbers of the effect of illegal immigration on american job loss?
- thechao 8y agoQuestion: are you looking for facts to support your opinion, or are you looking for enough facts to determine what’s happening with respect to illegal immigration & jobs in the U.S.? Because the story is complicated.
- SolaceQuantum 8y agoThe latter. My opinion on the subject can be summarized as 'I dont know enough to opine, but if you have an opinion I'd like to see what you're basing that opinion on'.
- matt4077 8y agoIt’s important to remember that any person is possibly a worker, but certainly a consumer. In fact, those two aspects average out to perfect balance, by definition. So even in a worst case scenario, where all immigrants happen to have one skill only, and overwhelm the market for, say, phone booth cleaning, they are also a market for any other profession of at least equal size. In practice, the numbers of immigrants should be easily absorbed by the vastly larger population of the US, although it may be beneficial to, for example, spread out the impact among the states and invest in vocational training.