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Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
As for Krugman's argument, I'm not sure it's right. He assumes that immigrants are competing for the same low-end jobs that americans are. From what I've seen, most of the jobs taken by illegal immigrants are ones that would not be filled by americans, which is precisely why there's demand for illegals to fill them. This could be because the job is nasty, or because it wouldnt' be a job at minimum wage, or some other reason. But I don't think that illegal immigrants are exactly displacing american labor at mcdonalds.
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McDonalds pays $8 to $10 an hour. Americans take those jobs.
The argument is that where an unskilled American would possibly take $8-10 to clean grease traps, an illegal Mexican will take $3, thus depressing wages.
