Does U.S. need low-skilled workers?

Jacoby answers that less and less Americans are available to take low-skilled jobs, and these need to be filled by immigrants. It doesn't make sense to pay Americans for jobs they are overqualified for. Briggs and Krikorian respond that there is no such thing as jobs that will not be taken by American workers. Markets will always adapt to the type of workers available, but having illegal labor available will be detrimental to U.S. workers. Medina counters that if undocumented workers had legal status, employers would not be able to take advantage of them.

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[Dimitri0809]

@mrluke13

it's just liberal politics, liberalism is just as important as getting a low skilled worker to do you're carpentry they both go hand in hand and should not be excluded. besides the fact the America's education system is pretty much screwed to the point where nobody can have a fair go.

[Dimitri0809]

Fucking liberals and their thing on I work harder so their shouldn't be any low skilled work, "FUCK YOU" You have taken away out rights to low skilled work it shouldn't be taken away just because you liberals say so, again fuck you all assholes.

[wheelinthesky300]

@WTPOA Yup, Americans will do those jobs, form unions,

fight for decent wages and working conditions.

Agriculture, construction, and hotel industry bossess have been making a killing on the illegal labor pool, and none of that trickles down to American families.

Make the crooked bossess pay Americans!!!

[wheelinthesky300]

@mrbrowneyez9o3 Right.

We should give anchor babies food stamps because we give them to native born crackheads and rednecks.

Sound logic.

[wheelinthesky300]

@mrbrowneyez9o3 I'll help them

-help put them on the first train back to Mexico.

The USA is already great

-we don't need any illiterate Mexican peasants sneaking across our borders.

[wheelinthesky300]

@WTPOA You realize Mexico is deliberately dumping their indigenous Indian peasants on the United States?

Mexican engineers and computer programmers are not hoping into the back of a coyote's truck and a-heading Norte.

The Mexicans invaders are the destitute, the uneducated, and the criminal.

If you are successful in Mexico, why would you go to the USA?

[wheelinthesky300]

Why is the one in FAVOR of illegal immigration always a Jew traitor?

[TrooperLinks]

@WTPOA I know your comment is a year old but seeing as how the issue is rising up again, did you know that most illegal immigrants pay taxes as well? Why would the IRS allow this if they're illegal?

[mrluke13]

issue is not about elitist...they exist in america too. the issue here which shouldnt be side tracked is what do we do with millions of men women and children. the right thing is not to seperate a child from their family unless it is ok with people who dont think family togetherness isnt important. people say "Its the law its the law!!!" Yeah its Gods law that is important to some.

[MrXfromPlanetX]

What about the elitists who destroyed Mexico's economy for working people? They caused illegal immigration issue.

They benefit by shifting the debate to the immigrants.

Global Exchange has a free online book called "The Right to Stay Home" that covers who destroyed Mexico's economy and who benefits.

They have another great online publication called "How the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Undermine Democracy and Erode Human Rights: Five Case Studies"