It seems a fair assumption - if nothing else, when those wages and benefits rise high enough anyone globally willing to do them could afford a decent immigratio

It seems a fair assumption - if nothing else, when those wages and benefits rise high enough anyone globally willing to do them could afford a decent immigration lawyer. This 'Americans are too lazy' narrative is used as justification for suppressing wages below what previous generations of Americans had gotten enshrined in law as fair compensation for a certain level of risk and discomfort.