Who Would Replace Immigrant Workers?

timr@herald-mail.com (Tim Rowland), The Herald-Mail: Opinion
Fri, 03/17/2017 - 9:47pm

In the summer of 1835, a band of 400 unemployed semiskilled men in Washington, D.C., known as the Mechanics, roamed the streets, drinking heavily and looking for someone to blame for their misfortunes.

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