I've been reading the various immigration theads here and I'm still not sure how we as liberals can support the Senate version of the bill given the impact on the middle class.
Supply and demand determine the value of labor. With every new available employee, the value of labor decreases. This is basic Economics 101.
Allowing 10+ million people into the workforce and giving them citizenship will really pressure the middle class for decades to come.
Republicans don't care about the middle class (as proven over and over again by their reckless tax cuts for the rich) and they support the Senate bill because their corporate donors profit handsomely by cheap labor provided by illegal immigrants.
However, I don't see why we would support such a bill. Can someone help me out? I'm purely interested in the economic side of this discussion. Thanks in advance.
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