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Illegal Immigration Driving Increase in Poverty, Reports the Pew Hispanic
Center
A new report issued by the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Hispanic Center
confirms what most Americans already knew: The influx of unskilled illegal
aliens is driving the increase in poverty in the U.S. According to the Pew
Hispanic Center, illegal alien workers, who now constitute a larger share of
the influx than legal immigrants, have a median income of about $300 per
week.
The Pew Hispanic Center’s findings largely confirm research from FAIR and
others who advocate immigration enforcement and overall reductions in
immigration levels. A virtually limitless supply of labor will inevitably
depress wages and working conditions. Moreover, because a large share of
illegal aliens entering the U.S. labor market is unskilled and lacks formal
education, there is little possibility that it will ever move ahead. Thus, a
massive amnesty promoted by President Bush and leading congressional
Democrats would only fuel greater poverty and income disparity in America.
The Pew research also belies assertions by the illegal alien advocacy
network that these workers contribute more in taxes than they use in
services. At an average annual income of about $15,000, workers — legal or
illegal — pay virtually nothing in taxes.
Source: Federation for American Immigration Reform
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