Legal immigration drives down wages far more than illegal immigration. We have brought in 29 million LEGAL IMMIGRANTS since 1990.
“Legal immigration drives down wages far more than illegal immigration.”
They both drive down wages, usually for two different groups of workers. I’ve met accountants imported from Asia and Canada, working in fields with no discernible shortage of qualified US workers. They weren’t even paid a whole lot less, but their conditions were different (working weekends and such at the behest of their sponsors). Over the past few decades American workers in general have watched their hard-fought gains in the workplace steadily eroded; it is getting more attention now because a lot more white-collar workers are impacted. 90%+ of workers are heading back to 60 hours of work per week for bare sustenance.