Re: Dean Baker on immigration
B. wrote:
But this thread is pretty much nothing more than classic false dichotomy, right? Artificially pitting immigrants against the native disabled.
Yup, but it’s a very popular false dichotomy.
Here’s an interesting fact about the anti-immigrant Prop 187 in California http://migration.ucdavis.edu/MN/more.php?id=492_0_2_0: “According to exit polls, 64 percent of whites, 57 percent of Asian-Americans, 56 percent of African-Americans, and 31 percent of Latinos voted in favor of Prop. 187.” The Field Poll http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/COI-94-95-Jan-Election.pdf reports somewhat different numbers - 52% of blacks and Asians voted for. The major supporters were white non-Hispanic men. It looks like anti-immigrant feelings are driven more by “cultural” concerns than direct labor market competition.
Doug