A Christian Dialogue on Immigration and the Workforce
Galen Carey, Carol Swain, James Edwards, Richard Land, Michel Martin Wednesday, 16 February 2011
This is an edited and abridged transcript of a presentation and panel discussion with Galen Carey, Carol Swain, James R. Edwards, Jr., and Richard Land, moderated by Michel Martin.
Michel Martin:
I'm going to start with the core disagreement that we have heard play out here: How do we treat the least of these, as the scripture says? And does an expansive immigration policy suppress wages for our most vulnerable workers or not? If you have a population of 11-12 million workers who are here without a proper authorization, and if you have an impoverished population of about 12 million people, then aren't they competing in the same labor pool?
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