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More immigrants needed? (Letters to the Editor).
I must respond to your March 10th cover story entitled "Your Job May Be Next!" The article was followed by a subsection entitled "Fighting for Our Jobs," in which the writer urged the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Border Patrol to tighten their restrictions on immigration. The writer ignores the devastating economic consequences of immigration restriction.
Competition is crucial to economic prosperity, and immigration restriction is an attempt by American workers to eliminate their competitors. Once the competitors of American workers have been eliminated, the American workers lose the incentive to be productive. Why work hard when one does not have to worry about an immigrant competing for his job? These restrictions on immigration drive up wages for American workers, which places a burden on American businessmen and employers, and in turn causes them to charge higher prices for their products.
Contributing to the negative effects of immigration restriction is the opportunity cost of enforcing immigration laws. The ...
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- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Martinez, Demetria October 8, 1993 700+ words
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- Senate approves immigration bill Measure targets IDs, toughens borders; Details...
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 3, 1996 700+ words
...States and make earning a living difficult for those who have already arrived. The bill would nearly double the number of Border Patrol agents, better equip the agents and put up miles of fencing and other barriers. For those who still manage to come, the...
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- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel March 22, 1996 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire March 15, 1988 700+ words
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- /C O R R E C T I O N -- U.S. Department of Justice Immigration and...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 13, 1998 700+ words
...Scheduled for New Del Rio Border Patrol Sector Headquarters...Scheduled for New Del Rio Border Patrol Sector Headquarters Immigration and Naturalization Service Deputy Commissioner...for the new Del Rio Border Patrol Sector Headquarters...