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siriusastrebetoday at 5:19 PM1 replyview on HN

Why can't we train our own citizens to become construction workers?

If you claim that people "don't want to work" for those wages, then isn't immigration keeping our wages down?

Wouldn't business owners pay more for labor if there wasn't a stead supply of under the table illegal immigrants doing it for less?


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HDThoreauntoday at 6:21 PM

Immigration is keeping wages down for jobs natives dont want. I dont see the issue.

> Wouldn't business owners pay more for labor if there wasn't a stead supply of under the table illegal immigrants doing it for less?

Maybe, or maybe they just employ less people and less things get built.

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