Economists support entry of educated foreigners / Experts see biggest impact of influx on low-skilled workers

“Senators heard leading economists examine Tuesday one of the most highly charged issues in the emotional debate over immigration: Are immigrants cheap labor for business, or do they fill jobs like lettuce picking and chicken packing that native workers no longer want?

The economists testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee that the large recent influx of low-skilled and largely Hispanic migrants may undermine wages of low-skilled U.S. workers, though they differed on how much. But the economists strongly endorsed the entry of high-skilled foreigners, despite complaints from U.S.-born engineers in Silicon Valley that Indians and Chinese are taking their jobs and undercutting their salaries.”

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