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I don't see immigration as the problem. A bigger problem in my eyes is that while native workers take lower salaries, the companies get bigger profit margins.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/trump-clinton-immigration-economy-unemployment-jobs-214216/
So my concern is the upper class continuing to run away with the wealth, as they have been since the 1970s.
https://wid.world/country/usa/
That's a global problem seen in many developed countries. Not all of those countries have immigration problems. I think the core of the problem are global technology monopolies but it's easier to blame people.
Two things can be true at once.
We need a wealth tax.
The first bullet makes the world more equal, the second bullet makes the world less equal.
I very much agree on higher taxes.