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What are some reasons that Americans could lose a job to illegal immigrants?

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Illegal immigrants work at near slave-wage level, whereas a legal worker would get minimum wage, and hopefully, workman's compensation benefits, should an accident occur. Labor is the highest "overhead cost" in ANY business.

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