Foreign workers found to impact wages of U.S. born

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WASHINGTON – Two decades' growth in the supply of immigrant workers cost native-born American men an average $1,700 in annual wages by 2000, a top economist has concluded.

Hispanic and black Americans were hurt most by the influx of foreign-born workers, says a new report by Harvard University's George J. Borjas, considered a leading authority on the impact of immigration.

The findings, to be released today, could influence wide-ranging immigration proposals being urged by lawmakers and the White House.

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"The reduction in earnings occurs regardless of whether the immigrants are legal or illegal, permanent or temporary," said Borjas. "It is the presence of additional workers that reduces wages, not their legal status."

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[AZCat]

1. This is crap. See the GD thread (link below)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1524786

Borjas is a nutjob, and this shouldn't be regarded as 'news'.