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Using a pure supply argument for the labor market is the worst possible one to do it on. It's usually okay, but labor is people, and people are the source of all demand, so you really have to consider both of them.

Also, I'm going by empirical studies here. Those are better than beliefs, because truth is stranger than fiction.

All I know is in the UK it's not uncommon for jobs to get thousands of applications. I'm pretty confident the immigration is hitting the supply side more than demand. Most of this immigration is from low skilled workers on poverty wages, I'm struggling to see how this would massively increase demand elsewhere in the labour market.

Since immigration started increasing in the late 90's wages have been stagnant. Correlation doesn't equal causation, but hmm.

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