{"id":541,"date":"2011-09-09T09:50:54","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T13:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=541"},"modified":"2015-08-21T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T14:03:42","slug":"immigration-hurts-the-working-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2011\/09\/09\/immigration-hurts-the-working-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Hurts the Working Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

By William Chip, FAIR Board Member<\/p>\n

In today\u2019s Washington Post: \u201cNearly one in three Americans who grew up middle-class has slipped down the income ladder as an adult, according to a new report<\/a> by the Pew Charitable Trusts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Maybe we need to refocus and redirect our message. Our decades-old message that immigration hurts the working class has not resonated. The working-class Americans who need protection aren\u2019t paying attention. The unions and other \u201cprogressives\u201d who should care about their fate are immobilized by political correctness.<\/p>\n

We need to get the message out to middle-class parents, who have spent a fortune educating their kids, that it is their kids\u2019 jobs that are now in the sight of the immigration lobby. First it was \u201cjobs Americans won\u2019t do\u201d. Now (according to Mitt Romney) it\u2019s \u201cjobs Americans can\u2019t do.\u201d<\/p>\n

The economic analysis is not hard. American wages are determined by supply and demand. In our globalized economy demand for products and services made by highly paid American workers is declining and will continue to decline as Third-World countries ramp up their industrial bases and educational systems. Yet, even as demand for workers based in America declines, the supply grows relentlessly because of immigration. Shrinking demand, growing supply. No wonder many middle-class Americans have \u201cslipped down the income ladder.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By William Chip, FAIR Board Member In today\u2019s Washington Post: \u201cNearly one in three Americans who grew up middle-class has slipped down the income ladder as an adult, according to a new report by the Pew Charitable Trusts.\u201d Maybe we need to refocus and redirect our message. Our decades-old message that immigration hurts the working<\/p>\n

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