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The meme to mock those critical of immigration (usually conservatives) is "Those dirty immigrants are taking our jerbs!" It's a miss statement about when the c

The meme to mock those critical of immigration (usually conservatives) is "Those dirty immigrants are taking our jerbs!" It's a miss statement about when the crux of the issue is. It's not jobs being taken, it's wages being held low. I worked at a warehouse that started pay at $12/hr. This was in 2016. Talking to one of the older guys, he started at $12/hr as well. In 2001. I'm sure you can guess what the worker makeup of that place looked like. There is no need to raise pay if you always have willing workers.

pessimizer 5y ago
> (usually conservatives) Usually nationalists. Conservatives love wages being lowered, and employees that can't complain without being deported. They're anti-immigration when it comes to law, but very pro-immigration when it comes to enforcement. Ideally, for them, they would have draconian immigration laws that would only begin investigations based on a tipline that only employers would have access to.