Immigrants aren’t to blame for job lull in North Carolina

“If all or most of the state’s 288,500 unauthorized Hispanic residents were deported, “our economy would suffer,” he said. “We would have inflation. Everything would go up, from the general cost of living to restaurant food and the cost of roadwork.”

That could have consequences for jobs held by many legal residents of North Carolina, he said.

Meanwhile, it remains unclear whether illegal immigrants depress wages for citizens in all occupations. Data from the state Employment Security Commission show that wage increases have slowed in industries known to hire significant numbers of illegal immigrants, such as construction, cleaning and maintenance, food preparation and production.”

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