The U.S. job market is booming, but only if you’re here illegally

Forget what politicians say about the economy. Native-born Americans are suffering. They've lost 1.3 million jobs in one year. Immigrants have gained almost the same number.

It does not require a doctorate in economics to see how runaway illegal immigration hurts U.S. workers. When the pool of laborers is smaller, employers must compete for workers and wages rise. When the labor pool is flooded with cheap foreign labor, the cost of labor goes down and employers can pay their workers less. Unscrupulous employers are also more likely to hire illegal laborers and exploit them.   Brian Lonergan is director of communications at the Immigration Reform Law Institute, a public interest law firm working to defend the rights and interests of the American people from the negative effects of illegal migration. He is also co-host of the group’s "No Border, No Country" podcast. 

While stories of outrageous criminal activity by illegal aliens dominate the headlines in alternative media, far less attention is paid to the impact on Americans’ job prospects caused by adding roughly 10 million foreign nationals to the population in just a few years.