One part of the immigration problem that is keeping wages is high is the fact that spouses/dependents cannot work. Want to bring in an ace programmer? You'll ha

One part of the immigration problem that is keeping wages is high is the fact that spouses/dependents cannot work. Want to bring in an ace programmer? You'll have to pay double (or just "more") because her husband cannot work in the "land of the free" ... If they're from a country with free healthcare, education or any other benefit, you'll have to pay for that because it was part of their "compensation" before . I've posted before about the cost of coming to the bay area: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8533781 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8533781