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Why would the government serving the rich help the migrant worker obtain stronger bargaining position?
Sometimes it feels like people don't understand these basic concepts.
Migrant labour is used to suppress domestic wages.
H1b for white collar and illegals for blue collar and farm. The moment you give either of them same legal standing as the indigenous population, they will ask for market rate. Literally defeats the purpose of importing them.
Work visas aren't exactly the same as "the indigenous populations".
Exactly, work visa give employer more bargaining power over the wage slave. That's the key feature of the system.
But also keeps them from being deported.