Will refugees displace native workers?

Published February 3, 2017 3:18pm ET



The H-2B guest-worker program is a precision tool for lowering wages, which is why we editorialize today that Republicans should kill it — despite inevitable objections from industry.

But some fear that employers are also using refugees to get cheap labor. For instance, look at agri-business giant JBS in Ottumwa, Iowa. “The city and the school district are preparing for the arrival of up to 200 refugees who will be employed by JBS,” the Ottumwa Courier reports.

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