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Immigration and Blue Collar Economics
Posted by Raven on February 13th, 2008
So many of us have been saying exactly this, for a couple years now:
America’s needs have changed. We are no longer an expanding agrarian nation, so hungry for settlers we give away land. Nor do we require millions of unskilled laborers to fuel an industrial explosion. Immigration policies that fulfilled these needs benefited America in the past. Now they only benefit those who want cheap, taxpayer-subsidized labor, and harm American workers who’ve seen their wages and job opportunities plummet. It’s time to put American workers first. Presidential candidates who recognize immigration reform as a blue-collar economic issue will be a step ahead of the pack.
This is the last paragraph of an excellent editorial. Go read it all.
