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> immigration depressed wages of Americans Immigration creates more jobs than it takes away and generates net wage growth. Immigrants don't just work. They als
by BugsJustFindMe 4mo ago
> immigration depressed wages of Americans
Immigration creates more jobs than it takes away and generates net wage growth. Immigrants don't just work. They also consume and they also start their own businesses. This has all been measured to death. There's no reason to ignore the research on this.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-immigration-means-for-u-s-employment-and-wages/ https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-immigration-means-fo...
https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/immigrants-to-the-u-s-create-more-jobs-than-they-take https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/immigrants-...
> "Because of these factors, economists have found that immigrants slightly raise the average wages of all U.S.-born workers."
> "Ironically, the result is exactly the opposite of the usual narrative. It seems like immigrants actually improve the economic outcomes for native-born workers."
- mc32 4mo agoYou’re skipping the meat here. We’re saying it hurts people at the bottom most. Low skills immigrants compete directly against low skills Americans. Even Paul acks that. So did Bernie before he changed his tune. We’re not talking overall. We’re talking people at the bottom. We’ve seen where feds sweet for illegal immigrate plants up their wages to attract locals who then enter the job market. Poorly educated immigrants are not the bulk creators of jobs that’s higher ed immigrants. Not the same pool of people.
- mantas 4mo agoThere's a massive difference between high-skill and low-skill immigration. Generalising both together is like measuring the average body temperature in a hospital.