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...which he claimed his guest worker policy would “match a willing employee with a willing employer.” She said that there will always be a willing employee, and Americans have to question the morality of allowing foreigners into the country to do low-wage work, while denying them a permanent place to stay. Instead, immigrant workers should be able to choose whether to stay in America after their term of employment expires...
...According to a Washington Post article, the immigration issue pits working class Democrats, who fear that loose immigration policies will hurt their livelihood, against “liberal lawmakers,” who support immigrant rights. The problem, according to the Post, is that illegal immigrants lower working class wages. Democrats who go easy on “illegals” pose a direct threat to American low wage workers.The Post relies heavily on Harvard’s own George Borjas, an economist who has spent much time showing that immigrants lower the wages of American workers, claims current immigration...
...beautiful people. Now, so-so,” she says. Pirugo, not a native English speaker, means before.‘I WANT A NEW HOUSE’ The Charlesview apartments are a mix of market rate rentals and Section-8 housing, a federal program for low-wage earners that requires them to attribute 30 percent of their income to housing while the city subsidizes the rest. According to a notice on the window of the manager’s office, rents at Charlesview range from $1,165-$1,494 a month. But if tenants are in exceptionally dire financial...
...facilities. "It's like working at a hotel," says Lucy, except that the job requires daily prayer, daily penance and lifelong celibacy. The work meant 12-hour days, six or seven days a week at Opus Dei centers from San Francisco to Boston, and Lucy says her minimum-wage salary was turned over to the organization. She found the stringent regulation of her life incredibly grueling. "You had to ask permission to do everything," she recalls. "If you wanted to go out with a friend, watch TV or listen to the radio...
Those applicants deemed physically attractive did not receive a wage boost when employers only saw their resume, according to the study...