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You're just straight up factually wrong. Immigration has either little effect, or in fact increases wages for native citizens.
Instead of making statements based on your feelings and how you think that things work, you should do a bare minimum amount of research beforehand.
https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/revisiting-immigrations-effect-us-wages-and-employment
https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118767/documents/HHRG-119-JU01-20251217-SD001-U1.pdf
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2024/05/01/immigrants-raise-wages-and-boost-employment-of-us-born-workers/
https://abic.us/facts-immigrants-arent-stealing-your-jobs-or-lowering-wages/
https://www.nber.org/papers/w32389
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/immigrants-make-the-labor-market-great/