And when immigrants working for low wages do put downward pressure on natives' wages, they may raise the (real) wages of natives in general by keeping prices lower than they otherwise would be.

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More importantly, the share of Americans working in new businesses has been trending downward for years.

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And is there a real undermining of the black community or have we already reacted to the downward slump in terms of the, you know, the good working-class job that seems to be disappearing in this era?

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The downward trend means that each of the past three decades has shown a smaller slice of Americans working for new businesses.

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