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bombcartoday at 5:56 AM1 replyview on HN

Our immigration policies pretty strongly indicate we still need those less educated people doing work, we just don’t want to pay anything resembling reasonable wages for such.


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dananstoday at 6:39 AM

I agree that our system relies heavily on uneducated migrants for menial labor.

However, uneducated people in the 1950s regularly got jobs in factories that paid enough for a single income to support a family.

That opportunity for uneducated Americans won't come back, regardless of our immigration policies.

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