Their stance towards immigration has nothing to do with jobs


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Posted by blindness on January 13, 2026 at 22:15:10

In Reply to: Illegal Immigrants are not an economic issue posted by andyH on January 13, 2026 at 19:18:01

There was a post by the UM professor of economy, Justin Wolfers made on bluesky that I can't find now. What he was saying in a nutshell is that the people who talk about how immigration takes away American jobs are also the people who embrace automation and increase of productivity through AI. Immigration and automation both have the same type of effect on jobs. Two different ways to get to the same outcome, ad yet, they are against one of them while embracing the other. And that tells you what they're against is not exactly the loss of jobs.


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