alt Hacker NewsImmigration 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.
There's no such thing as "jobs natives don't want", only "wages natives don't want".
> Maybe, or maybe they just employ less people and less things get built.
The foreign born population residing in the US fell from ~15% to ~5% from 1920-1970. It was one of the most prosperous and productive periods in human history.