Illegal Immigration | Illegal Immigrants Do Not Harm America’s Economy or Workers

Robert Scheer is a syndicated columnist and former national correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. In the viewpoint that follows, he contends that illegal immigrants do not depress wages or create unemployment for American workers, but in fact are a boon to the U.S. economy. He calls for an amnesty or legalization of the status of currently illegal workers as a way of improving their situation and keeping labor standards in America from eroding.

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1. Why has the AFL-CIO, a labor union, reversed its prior...

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