Immigration increases the reserve army of labour and drives down wages so i figure it would be beneficial for them so why do some (conservative) capitalists oppose it?
Immigration increases the reserve army of labour and drives down wages so i figure it would be beneficial for them so why do some (conservative) capitalists oppose it?
It’s because if enough people immigrant all at the same time it would have a destabilizing effect on the country and potentially the economy. However the capitalist class wants to do imperialism which creates a massive refugee population seeking asylum in the stable imperial core.
The capitalist class is usually pro-regulated legal immigration during periods of relative stability, but thanks to the war on terror and drugs destabilizing Central America and the Middle East they don’t want to have to deal with droves desperate displaced people and so tighten up border restrictions.