> Illegal immigration suppresses the wages of the low end type of jobs “Failure to enforce existing labor laws against employers who hire illegally” is a criti

> Illegal immigration suppresses the wages of the low end type of jobs “Failure to enforce existing labor laws against employers who hire illegally” is a critical step between “illegal immigration” and “suppressed wages.” Abolishing ICE does not equate to stopping immigration enforcement: ICE has only existed for 18 years; enforcement did not start in 2003. The waters are also muddied by conservatives’ intentional conflation of “refugee applicants” with “illegal immigrants.”