Bennett Hypothesis: Financial Aid Increases Tuition

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I don't see how any of this is a defense against illegal immigration? It wasn't very long ago that labor unions were one of the strongest voices against flooding the labor market with cheap, unskilled labor. I can't see how the working class gets any benefit from illegal immigration. If anything, it seems to have been one of the biggest obstacles to higher wages. Raising the minimum wage above the market price will simply increase the amount of surplus labor (unemployment). The only way to meaningfully raise wages is to decrease the number of unskilled workers in the labor market.

Cesar Chavez himself was completely 100% against illegal immigration for these exact reasons, AND the fact that it took advantage of he illegals.  It's a lose-lose.