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2017-08-07 Economy

WaPo Editors Admit ‘Immigrants Do Depress Wages' for U.S. Workers

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-07 00:25|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 'Depressed Wages for U.S. Workers' is more than an assertion, it's a goal.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-08-07 07:30|| 2017-08-07 07:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Not just that. the main reason is to boost rents.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-08-07 10:36|| 2017-08-07 10:36|| Front Page Top

#3 If existing levels of LEGAL immigration depress wages for low-skill and minority workers, what do the intellectual giants at the WaPo have to say about existing levels of ILLEGAL immigration? Very little, I'm guessing.

Additionally, if unfettered immigration-- both legal and illegal-- is good because it acts "as rocket fuel for the overall economy," then surely the intellectual giants at the WaPo would favor across the board tax cuts for the same reason.

Posted by eltoroverde 2017-08-07 10:44|| 2017-08-07 10:44|| Front Page Top

#4 Agree but a quick correction. There is no thing as an 'illegal immigrant'. Immigrant status is a legal state granted by the Government and immigrants are, in fact, legal. If you overstay your visa or violate the border you do not become a 'illegal immigrant' but an 'illegal alien'. Its possible to overstay an immigrant visa (for example a K-1 visa where the immigrant does not get married in the timeframe) where you lose your 'immigrant' status (and become 'alien'). And of course if you violate the borders you never had immigrant status.
Of course the left loves to play with words and mix in the illegal aliens with the legal immigrants so they can claim 'we are a nation of immigrants' or 'your against immigration which made us great!' when talking about illegal aliens.
Don't get me started on calling the violation of our borders a 'immigration' issue - it is not. it is a border security issue and the violators should not be given the same rights as 'immigrants'.
/rant

Posted by CrazyFool 2017-08-07 10:57|| 2017-08-07 10:57|| Front Page Top

#5 CF- appreciate the correction and clarification. Thank you!

Posted by Eltoroverde 2017-08-07 13:28|| 2017-08-07 13:28|| Front Page Top

#6 If you overstay your visa

Happened to me once - had to go all the way to El Paso/Juarez (from Los Alamos) to get a stamp.
Actually it was very educational:
(i) Texas doesn't look anything like New Mexico - except for underlying geography.
(ii) Learned why McDonald is so popular (ate in some Moms & Pops on the way, had runs for several days - ever try driving with runs?).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2017-08-07 14:45|| 2017-08-07 14:45|| Front Page Top

#7 Learned why McDonald is so popular (ate in some Moms & Pops on the way

One of my Czech au pairs drove her American friends crazy in exactly that way when they were driving across Western Europe. They wanted to eat at all the cozy local restaurants, while she insisted on only MacDonalds until they got to their destination. But she had the advantage of having worked diring her summer vacations a tour guide across the same territory, and had similar stories to tell. Driving with the runs is one thing; leading a tour bus full of the same is quite another level of misery.

Posted by trailing wife 2017-08-07 17:55|| 2017-08-07 17:55|| Front Page Top

#8 "Are rocket fuel for the economy"
Translation: The people that exploit low income workers make a lot of money off of them.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-08-07 18:43|| 2017-08-07 18:43|| Front Page Top

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