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    BS Alert: Report claims Immigrants may not hurt wages

    http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mp ... ss/3466653

    Report: Immigrants may not hurt wages
    By JESSICA HOLZER
    Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

    WASHINGTON - There is no clear evidence that an influx of immigrant workers hurts the earnings of U.S.-born workers over the long term, the Congressional Budget Office director told a House committee Wednesday.

    "It might seem obvious that the arrival of immigrants would lower the wages of native workers," Douglas Holtz-Eakin said, but "the ultimate impact is very difficult to quantify."

    The economy adjusts to the new workers, the report found.

    Businesses make capital investments as immigrants become available to work, while native workers may choose to pursue more education to compete better in the job market.

    During the past decade, the number of foreign-born workers in the United States has ballooned to 21 million from 13 million, accounting for about half the growth in the labor force.

    At 12 percent, the share of immigrants in the total population has hit levels not seen since the 1930s. Barring a shift in the trend, immigration will be the biggest contributor to population growth during the next half-century, according to the report.

    Low-skilled immigrants from Mexico and Central America make up almost 40 percent of foreign-born workers. On average, workers from Latin America have about nine years of schooling â€â€
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    If Holtz-Eakin means to imply that wages for jobs American high school drop outs have traditionally taken have frozen for twenty five years it sounds about right. Unfortunately the costs they have to pay have not.
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