Not All Immigrant Labor Is Cheap Labor
Cites the paper, “High-Skilled Immigration and the Rise of STEM Occupations in U.S. Employment,” co-authored by Dean Matthew Slaughter in an article challenging the narrative that visas let foreigners take Americans’ jobs at lower wages. “The study shows that the average foreign worker in science and technology jobs starts out making only slightly less than American-born workers—about 94 cents on the dollar,” writes The Atlantic. “But after working in the United States for five years, the average foreign STEM worker earns $1.04 for every dollar their American colleagues make.”