The “America is addicted to cheap labor” lie
Arizona Republic opinion columnist Linda Valdez pulls one of the usual stunts employed by pro-immigrationist in her February 19 piece headlined “Get Real: Immigrants aren’t our enemies“. In it, she writes:
Illegal immigration is about American industry’s addiction to cheap labor.
I see and hear this line a lot. It’s an outright lie.
America is no way addicted to cheap labor. It doesn’t even need cheap labor. But what America has, thanks to decades of practically unchecked illegal immigration of unskilled workers, is an overabundance of cheap labor. America’s entrepreneurial economy has merely responded to this supply-shift by expanding labor-intensive sectors like the hospitality industries. If the flow of illegal aliens was cut off, America wouldn’t catatonically collapse into a fetal position, rather, it would steer its capital into more productive investments than the umpteenth themed restaurant chain.
Update: If the pro-immigrationists really believe America is addicted to cheap labor, why is their proposed cure to the addiction more cheap labor? Do they also tell alcoholics to drink more alcohol?
