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The availability of jobs at higher real wages motivate people to migrate to the U.S. other things being equal, what impact will a large influx of immigrants have on real wages? What impact will it have on real wages in the immigrant's home country?

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What happens when people cross over borders to work in a foreign land but live elsewhere?

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