> The US is and always has been a country of immigrants. This is a platitude not an argument about whether hiring tech workers from foreign countries is good f

> The US is and always has been a country of immigrants. This is a platitude not an argument about whether hiring tech workers from foreign countries is good for them or for US citizens. I also don't think the value you're expressing is historically supported. > Profits tend to fall so they want to suppress costs to maintain profits. That's it. We have internal emails from major tech companies showing that the CEOs are conscious about how these decisions affect the labor pool and their control of it (as well as competitors). So we already know there is a plurality of motivations going on in backroom discussions. Why the lack of curiosity? > Restricted immigration actually lowers wages. Why? Because it allows employs to pay undocumented workers less You just said it lowers illegal immigrants pay, not the citizens. Also this example is from the bottom of the labor market, not Electrical Engineers. > This filled an economic need. Yes, farm businesses would prefer to pay cheaper people without rights or benefits. That's the need it's filling. > Unions increase non-union wages. Being pro-union seems incompatible with the rest of your post. you think unionized companies would be with hiring some illegal immigrants on the side who aren't protected by the union?