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A valid counterargument to the statement that immigrants cost Americans jobs is that

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Immigrants are willing to do the jobs that Americans won't
do, for wages that American's would not accept. They take
the jobs that Americans don't want.

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I believe the answer is: one-fourth of all new businesses are started by immigrants

For example, Google, which arguably the largest tech company in the world today, was co-founded by a russian Immigrant named Sergey Brin. People in some media like to focus on how immigrants affect the availability of low-skilled labour because it most likely give the most support from the supporters of a certain political party.

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