It also has an effect on wages or effective wages. The Federal minimum wage has not been raised in more than 8 years. By one standard. the minimum wage is valued at its lowest level since the Truman administration. Many of the immigrants who earn legal residency under the Senate bill will have earnings around the minimum wage. I hope we will act to raise the minimum wage this year. But in the interim. particularly if we dont. we certainly should not adopt legislation that will condemn large numbers of lowwage legal workers to work effectively below the poverty level. even though they are getting the minimum wage.
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