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by basiccalendar74 543 days ago
this is a well-studied tradeoff with immigration. high-skilled immigration helps US economy and innovation but low-skilled immigration depresses wages for citizens. you are making this distinction for a narrow case i.e. tech.
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show me the study for broad-spectrum lasting wage depression for low-skilled immigration? The mariel boatlift study shows basically no effect: https://davidcard.berkeley.edu/papers/mariel-impact.pdf