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> It's the flood of low-skilled workers that essentially drop the bottom out of the labor market that present a problem.

Do they? Any statistics to support that point?

Edit: Added the line I was questioning.

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I don't think there have been any comprehensive studies about Minuteman-types on this subject, but I can offer some anecdotal evidence from my Minuteman chapter in Clint, Texas (near El Paso).

We are a little divided. JerryD and Greg do not like it at all. Dan, Zach and I don't have a problem with it. Jared, our leader, has adopted an intermediate position; he supports such immigration, as long as they're not Mexicans.

I'll bring up the question at the next county-wide meeting in August. I'll tweet the results.

I'm guessing you're being downvoted because you're memember of the Minutemen. But I am genuinely curious about his:

he supports such immigration, as long as they're not Mexicans.

So even geniuses are not welcome if they happen to be Mexican?

Or Mexican billionaires who made his/her wealth not from drug business and wants to leave his/her estate to be taxed by U.S. Government?

By the way: What are Minutemen?

Civilians who "guard" the US/Mexico border.

Against those evil Mexicans, I guess? Do the Mexicans also have guards on their site?

Is there really a problem with people streaming across the border in that direction? Could be, for all I know.

I believe he was questioning this line:

>It's the flood of low-skilled workers that essentially drop the bottom out of the labor market that present a problem.

Yes. Of what I read most sources point out the advantages of even unskilled immigration.

I am sorry for trolling.

you dont need statistics. if a worker contributes less in taxes than we spend on him it is a net drain on the economy.

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