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Is there a corresponding increase in immigration over time? As far as I know (in my lifetime) there have always been migrant laborers.

• humanrebar 12y ago
  > Is there a corresponding increase in immigration over time? Yes. The both the number and percentage of immigrants have doubled since 1990. I'm pro immigration, but it's odd that we aren't even talking about how immigration affects job prospects, especially given the dismal wages across the board.
  • fnordfnordfnord 12y ago
    I'd like to see some credible data showing that.
    • panglott 12y ago
      Interesting, there seems to be some truth to this. I've known that immigration was a major cause of US population growth. http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/03/15-immigrant-workers-singer#3 http://www.brookings.edu/research/papers/2012/03/15-immigran... The premise of the main article, though, is that the major impact of globalization has been the decline in higher-wage sectors such as manufacturing, wheres immigrants are competing more in lower-wage sectors.
  • afarrell 12y ago
    Who is the "we" that isn't talking about it?
    • humanrebar 12y ago
      I was trying to be inclusive, but in particular, I'm talking about the NYT article that was posted.
  • snowwrestler 12y ago
    That's a pretty gross statistic. I don't have the reference handy but as I recall if you graph wage growth vs immigration on an annual or more granular basis, there is no significant correlation.