Amanda Aronchik

The way Chloe puts it in her paper, their findings from the Secure Communities program suggest that many immigrant workers are complements to citizen workers instead of substitutes.

The way Chloe puts it in her paper, their findings from the Secure Communities program suggest that many immigrant workers are complements to citizen workers instead of substitutes.

The way Chloe puts it in her paper, their findings from the Secure Communities program suggest that many immigrant workers are complements to citizen workers instead of substitutes.

OK, so let's say you run this. We're running this restaurant and the unauthorized workers are not there anymore because they have been deported. Like, why won't I just offer more money to just pay citizens to work and bus the tables? Like, I could just make it a better job.

OK, so let's say you run this. We're running this restaurant and the unauthorized workers are not there anymore because they have been deported. Like, why won't I just offer more money to just pay citizens to work and bus the tables? Like, I could just make it a better job.

OK, so let's say you run this. We're running this restaurant and the unauthorized workers are not there anymore because they have been deported. Like, why won't I just offer more money to just pay citizens to work and bus the tables? Like, I could just make it a better job.

Chloe is not the first person to use a big deportation to try and study this stuff. There is a paper looking at the late 1920s and early 1930s where hundreds of thousands of people from Mexico were repatriated out of the United States.

Chloe is not the first person to use a big deportation to try and study this stuff. There is a paper looking at the late 1920s and early 1930s where hundreds of thousands of people from Mexico were repatriated out of the United States.

Chloe is not the first person to use a big deportation to try and study this stuff. There is a paper looking at the late 1920s and early 1930s where hundreds of thousands of people from Mexico were repatriated out of the United States.

And there was another paper that looked at a time in the 1960s when a change in immigration law resulted in half a million seasonal workers disappearing from the U.S. labor market. Both of those studies came to basically the same conclusion as Chloe's, No positive impacts for U.S. workers.

And there was another paper that looked at a time in the 1960s when a change in immigration law resulted in half a million seasonal workers disappearing from the U.S. labor market. Both of those studies came to basically the same conclusion as Chloe's, No positive impacts for U.S. workers.

And there was another paper that looked at a time in the 1960s when a change in immigration law resulted in half a million seasonal workers disappearing from the U.S. labor market. Both of those studies came to basically the same conclusion as Chloe's, No positive impacts for U.S. workers.

Laura Gutierrez runs this restaurant. Her dad opened it back in the day.

Laura Gutierrez runs this restaurant. Her dad opened it back in the day.

Laura Gutierrez runs this restaurant. Her dad opened it back in the day.

And I'm Amanda Aronchik. This is NPR. Thanks for listening.

And I'm Amanda Aronchik. This is NPR. Thanks for listening.

And I'm Amanda Aronchik. This is NPR. Thanks for listening.

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