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Elton Gallegly: “Even when low-skilled Americans can find jobs, their wages are depressed by illegals and other low-skilled immigrants.”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
Even when low-skilled Americans can find jobs, their wages are depressed by illegals and other low-skilled immigrants.
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Elton Gallegly
California

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Gallegly argues that illegal immigration negatively impacts wages for low-skilled American workers.

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