Go Quote by Kris Kobach

To assert, as some have, that illegal immigrants do not depress wages because they do the jobs Americans refuse is the kind of nonsense…

— Mark Helprin

By keeping labor supply down, immigration policy tends to keep wages high. Let us underline this basic principle: Limitation of the supply of any…

— Paul Samuelson

I know firsthand that many employers who comply with other labor standards still hire the undocumented. Many businesses pay the minimum wage and have…

— Maria Echaveste

For too long the U.S. immigration system has focused on accepting low-skilled immigrants. Basic economics tells us that the surge of low-skilled workers depresses…

— Mercedes Schlapp

Apparently, union bosses are so distraught about declining enrollments they will stoop to exploiting illegal workers. There is no doubt that this would hurt…

— Lamar S. Smith

To the extent that our workers compete with low-paid Mexicans, it is as much through undocumented immigration as trade. This pattern threatens low-paid, low-skill…

— William J. Clinton

Nearly every study shows that competition from cheap foreign labor undercuts the wages of American workers and legal immigrants.

— Lamar S. Smith

Undocumented aliens unfortunately are not protected by the law, and they are tremendously subjected to exploitation. The result is that they would be willing…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Businesses should no longer be allowed to depress wages by hiring illegal labor and then falsely claim that Americans don't want to do the…

— Dana Rohrabacher

While there are many illegal immigrants in America who are good people, many, many, this doesn't change the fact that most illegal immigrants are…

— Donald Trump

When the Labor Department is forced to relent and let these visitors do this work it is of course all legal. But it makes…

— Ronald Reagan

Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good…

— James Surowiecki