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Steve Kropper

Lax immigration hurts the poor

By Steve Kropper
March 22, 2007

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SUPPOSE SOMEONE offered to import 350 foreign workers to New Bedford to work for less than the minimum wage. Since the unemployment rate is over 8 percent, we would expect public outrage. The city needs jobs, not more unskilled laborers. So it is no surprise that citizens seeking jobs started lining up at the Michael Bianco plant after Immigration and ... (Full article: 665 words)

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