I will read from a number of experts on this matter and ask my colleagues to think about it. not what I say but what the experts say. I am looking at a Washington Post article from Jonathan Weisman. March 31. dealing with this precise issue of minimum wage and immigration. It is titled "Immigration Divides Allies. Guest Worker Plan Sets Democratic Supports Against Organized Labor." It starts off saying this: A growing body of economic research contends that the recent surge of foreign workers has depressed wages for lowskilled workers. especially for high school dropouts. and has even begun displacing nativeborn workers. Then the article quotes Professor George Borjas. an economist at Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has written a definitive book on immigration. "Heavens Door." He says: What immigration really does is redistribute wealth away from workers toward employers. I did mention my good friend Senator KENNEDY. Senator KENNEDY has been a champion for civil rights. and a champion for helping us fight poverty. and he cares about this issue very deeply.
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