The wailing in our country about the "invasion of immigrants" has been long and loud. Native-born workers feels imperiled because...they are imperiled. These are boom times for the employing class, but for all others are being squeezed. It's this economic vulnerability that anti-immigrant forces play on. But pointing to migrant workers and blaming them for the economic pain local people are feeling is a lie. The truth is that even if there were no migrants the misery that is felt would remain, for migrants are not the ones who:
Downsized and offshored jobs
Stopped being compliant to wage and hour laws with zero-hour contracts
Reclassified millions of employees as "independent contractors," (Uberisation) leaving them with no benefits or labor rights.
Powerless migrants didn't do these things . The rich, well-connected corporate interests did them.
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