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> [Economists argue about the relative impact of immigrants versus robots on wage stagnation - voters don't care much. They blame immigrants. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katty-kay/economists-argue-about-the-relative-impact-of-immigrants-versus/)

[Katty Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katty-kay/)

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> [That's unfortunately common - to blame immigrants, to blame the African-Americans who are being helped by federal programs, to blame anyone available,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/that-s-unfortunately-common-to-blame-immigrants-to-blame-the-african/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [It's the age old thing: If you want to get elected, blame immigrants. It worked in the 20th century and it works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/it-s-the-age-old-thing-if-you-want-to-get-elected-blame-immigrants-it/)

[Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/)

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> [It is always easier to have somebody to blame, but immigrants are not the cause of the country's economic woes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pramila-jayapal/it-is-always-easier-to-have-somebody-to-blame-but-immigrants-are-not/)

[Pramila Jayapal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pramila-jayapal/)

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> [ \[Donald\] Trump is explained with the intersection of a number of things: our economic crisis, the way it's easier to blame immigrants,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/donald-trump-is-explained-with-the-intersection-of-a-number-of-things/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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