They find jobs because they're willing to work at very low wages. The result
of this is to depress wages in this segment of the labor market. Without
illegal immigrants, lots of employers would have to offer higher wages to
get lazy American citizens to come work for them.
And then the price of whatever they make will go up high enough to become
noncompetitive in the world market, the factory will close, and those durned
foriegners will get the same jobs in shiny new factories in their own country.
And,of course, they will take the high paying managerial, shipping and
marketing jobs at that factory with them.
You cannot defeat the free market. You can create the temporary illusion that
you have, but the free market ALWAYS wins in the end.
--
Wm. Donald (Don) Tabor Jr., DDS
PP-ASEL
Chesapeake, VA - CPK, PVG
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