An article about and a study by the Economic Policy Institute confirming that immigrants do not lower the wages of native-born workers; the groups don't directly compete with each other. February 2010

Raise Wages, Not Walls. Michael S. Dukakis and Daniel J. B. Mitchell

From 2006, a minimum wage increase as a way to attract American workers to low-wage jobs and deter undocumented ones.

The Best Anti-Immigration Plan. Hispanic Pundit

A blog page on the implications of Dukakis/Mitchell article, above.

The Effect of Minimum Wages on Immigrants' Employment and Earnings. Pia M. Orrenius and Madeline Zavodny

The first major study focusing on minimum wage effects on foreign-born workers, the fastest growing segment of the low-wage U.S. labor force. From the Institute for the Study of Labor.  2008

Mexico to Raise Minimum Wage 4.85% on Average in 2010. Bloomberg.com

But the increases don't keep up with inflation. December 2009

From 2005 and 2007, articles about illegal immigrants and their wages below, at, and above the minimum.

At the Intersection of the Minimum Wage and Illegal Immigration. Howard Baetjer

The ripple effects of higher minimum wages and increasing illegal immigration and a recommendation for open immigration and no minimum wage.  2007

The minimum wage vs. immigration. Ezra Klein

A comparison of the impacts of minimum wage increases on employment and of immigrant employment on wages.  July 2007

Dobbs-O-Nomics: Minimum Wage Hikes and Lettuce Patch Fascism. Thomas Andrew Olson

Commentary on CNN's Lou Dobbs' analysis of minimum wage and immigration issues.  April 2006

The Migratory Impact of Minimum Wage Legislation: Puerto Rico, 1970-1987. Carlos E. Santiago

Beginning in 1974, Puerto Rican minimum wages were standardized and regularly increased. The result was a reduction in emigration to the U. S.  The abstract for the 1993 study.