Via Truthout: Can We Please Stop Blaming Immigrants?

Robert Pollin, Political Economy Research Institute: "All kinds of people are justifiably enraged and frightened by the dismal economy. Some have concluded that immigrants are taking away the jobs that they themselves need. The logic seems straightforward. Let's assume that, at any given time, there are a fixed number of jobs available. If immigrants take a significant share of the available jobs at low wages, that will mean fewer jobs are available for U.S. natives. The increased competition for the given number of jobs will also weaken workers' bargaining power, and thus drive wages down. But does this simple logic accurately describe what is really happening out in the world?"

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