Washington Post: Trump Immigration Plan 'Would Cripple The Economy'

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Washington Post Editorial Board: Trump’s war on legal immigration would cripple the economy

"Halving the number of legal immigrants would deprive an array of businesses of oxygen in the form of labor — exactly the opposite strategy required for growth in an economy where productivity is stagnant and unemployment is extremely low. By drastically constricting the supply of legal immigrants, Mr. Trump’s program would also sharply intensify the demand for undocumented immigrants, for whom no wall would be an effective deterrent." (The Washington Post)

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