This is a baffling article, seeing a contradiction where none exists. Immigrants appear to be complements, not substitutes for native-born workers. So deporting many of them drives up the wages of the remaining immigrants, but reduces real wages for the native-born 1/ https://www.ft.com/content/2bb60c40-efe1-48d1-9c9e-b9ff672ce349
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Deportation would be a terrible price shock, but more laborers, lower wages?
The problem: most #Trump voters don't read or care about economists' analysis of #immigrants.
That's why #Trump won in the first place: disregard for #reason.
The author is a shill.
I have a lot of faith in them. 😌
Altho post Brexit Indo Afro workers & African carehome workers now charged agent fees ending up in bonded labour
Hence the Uk modern slavery Act of 2015
Many businesses on the political right are in favor of loose immigration rules and even illegal immigration?
Why would that be?
It's because they already know the increased supply or better yet surplus of low skill workers helps keep wages down & profits higher.
"ooops!"
It doesn't work that way.
No one is replacing undocumented workers. We're just going to be told to get used to $20 avocados. 🤣
... And some of us will deserve it.
Apparently, I remember it more than they did? 🤷♀️
Here's a sample.
And it’s cold here, so mostly summer work!
And min wage for many.