{"id":4982,"date":"2013-11-01T11:57:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T15:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=4982"},"modified":"2018-12-28T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:30:26","slug":"u-s-chamber-of-commerces-falsehoods-on-immigration-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/11\/01\/u-s-chamber-of-commerces-falsehoods-on-immigration-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Chamber of Commerce\u2019s Falsehoods on Immigration – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has put up a website giving what it calls \u201c10 Immigration Facts Everyone Can Agree To<\/a>.\u201d The so-called facts are both falsehoods and half-truths. Here is their #2:<\/p>\n

U.S. Chamber\u2019s Myth: \u201cThe sluggish U.S. Economy doesn\u2019t need more immigrant workers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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U.S. Chamber\u2019s Fact: \u201cImmigrants will replenish the U.S. labor force as millions of Baby Boomers retire.\u201d<\/p>\n

FAIR\u2019s Fact: With the nation\u2019s high unemployment and underemployment, the national focus should be on creating jobs for those workers rather than on importing more workers looking for jobs. Baby Boomers are increasingly being let go by their employer before they are ready to retire and replaced with foreign workers. As a result, these unemployed Baby Boomers are increasingly taking lower wage service jobs in competition with younger workers looking for their first jobs.\u00a0 The law of supply and demand still applies: increase the supply of workers and wages will stagnate or go down. This was explicitly stated in the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the Senate\u2019s immigration reform bill (S. 744). Lower wages were forecast as a result of enacting the bill for the next 18 years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n