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August 5, 2006

If the housing boom goes bust, so do illegal workers

By Amanda Lang

ONE of the effects of the housing boom that has followed the dot-com bust of 2000 has been to draw hundreds of thousands of illegal workers to the United States. What will happen to this large illegal work force if the building boom busts?

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ONE of the effects of the housing boom that has followed the dot-com bust of 2000 has been to draw hundreds of thousands of illegal workers to the United States. What will happen to this large illegal work force if the building boom busts?

Authors Bio:

OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.

Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.


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