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Evidence Shows Immigration Reduces Wages Significantly


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By Steven A. Camarota on May 16, 2023



Due to the border crisis and a rebound in legal immigration, the foreign-born population has increased by 3.4 million since President Joe Biden took office. With many of those arriving entering the labor force, economic theory predicts they will put downward pressure on wages for workers who compete with them for jobs.

For years, immigration activists countered that any negative wage impact due to immigration was inconsequential — until now.

A number of prominent economists and advocacy groups, many of which previously argued that immigration has little or no wage impact, are now calling for more immigration to reduce wages to lower inflation.

Former Walmart CEO Bill Simon has complained that the company now has to pay $14 an hour.

He has also called for more immigration to reduce wages and lower inflation. There are a number of problems with the increase-immigration-to-reduce-inflation argument.

But what is perhaps most striking is that advocates now openly admit that immigration reduces wages for the working class, an idea they used to dismiss. . . .

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Topics: Wages, Jobs, and Poverty


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Mass immigration also significantly destroys our neighborhoods, property values decline. It destroys our peace and prosperity. It destroys our healthcare system. It destroys our infrastructure.

It destroys our rule of law. It destroys our schools and dumbs down our students. It destroys our wallets. It destroys our natural resources, water, land, parks, and agriculture supply. It destroys our roads by more people driving on the roads, increased car accidents, which they cause and run off leave a trail of damage to our lives.

It destroys our safety with massive crime, drugs, DUI's, theft, assault, stabbing, gangs, and rape.

It destroys our way of life and the massive overbreeding and poverty costs us a fortune.

This is not good for the country. We need to end birthright citizenship and stop all immigration for a minimum of 10 years. We do NOT need these foreign citizens coming here.

Lauch a Relocate to Work program for legal U.S. citizens.

Give employers incentive or a tax break to hire able bodied Americans in lieu of welfare and food stamps! Cut off the free stuff.

I would rather give employers a tax break than pay for these hordes of over breeders destroying our country living off our backs.