Since Americans have started waking up to the reality of our country’s illegal immigration problem, politicians, activists and cable news pundits have tried to quell the masses with slogans like 'Immigration makes us stronger,' and 'Illegal immigration is a victimless crime.
It does not require a doctorate in economics to see how runaway illegal immigration hurts U.S. workers. When the pool of laborers is smaller, employers must compete for workers and wages rise. When the labor pool is flooded with cheap foreign labor, the cost of labor goes down and employers can pay their workers less. Unscrupulous employers are also more likely to hire illegal laborers and exploit them. The U.S.