There are sufficient numbers… they expand the labor pool to reduce pressure on employers to increase pay and benefits. Need people desperate if you want to keep paying $7.25/hr.
The bottom end of the labor market has the most slack… it’s the last place in the labor market where you need additional supply.
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When you can't bring in sufficient numbers through immigration, you expand the labor pool in other ways.
There are sufficient numbers… they expand the labor pool to reduce pressure on employers to increase pay and benefits. Need people desperate if you want to keep paying $7.25/hr.
The bottom end of the labor market has the most slack… it’s the last place in the labor market where you need additional supply.