11.   Some Democrats, meanwhile, charge that imported labor, even in the high-tech sector, depresses wages.

12.   The boom in mining exports could lead to an appreciation of the peso that would hurt the fledgling manufacturing industry, stunting employment and possibly depressing wages.

13.   The panelists agreed that a continuing influx of illegal workers would depress wages.

14.   The trend toward greater inequality has a number of causes, many of them working to depress wages.

15.   Though the plan calls for attracting a wide range of employees, some skeptics worry that only low-wage workers will come to Iowa, and depress wages.

16.   Together they have eliminated millions of jobs and depressed the wages for millions more.

17.   According to the report, they depressed wages, undermined rural livelihoods, increased poverty and further concentrated incomes.

18.   Also Thursday, a Buchanan ad warning that illegal immigration is depressing wages and increasing crime aired in Los Angeles.

19.   He said crime and prison populations have increased in some regions where new immigrants have settled in large numbers, and he contended that immigration has depressed wages.