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Immigration's Impact on American Wages

Labor Day celebrates America's working people, and one of the major issues impacting them is illegal immigration.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

Labor Day celebrates America's working people, and one of the major issues impacting them is illegal immigration. That’s one of the major issues on Capitol Hill and this November's elections. The House wants to crack down on 12 million undocumented workers and make it harder for more to come in; the Senate would let most stay and offer a "path to citizenship." The unresolved question is whether they hurt the prospects of the Americans who got here first.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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