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To: 9YearLurker
The best thing is to favor the smart and the skilled for legal immigration and to kick out the illegal (who are mostly low-skilled and politically Leftist) folks here.

We don't have a shortage of skilled American labor. And we already bring in 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants a year, 50% of whom lack even a high school diploma. We also import 650,000 temporary workers a year with about two million guest workers being in this country at any one time. If we truly had a shortage of labor, wages would be going up, not down. And we would not be having the lowest labor particapation rates since 1978.


24 posted on 03/02/2015 7:22:06 AM PST by kabar
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To: kabar

As I tried to explain—many of the low-skill job markets operate within local markets, and thus what you describe is perfectly apt for them.

The higher-skill markets tend not to be localized, and thus don’t follow the rules you outline.


30 posted on 03/02/2015 7:40:38 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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