Question: The supplies of domestic and illegal immigrant labor to an industry are shown in Table 9-1 as \(S_{d}\) and \(\mathrm{S}_{i}\), respectively. Fill in the total supply of labor, labeled \(S_{t}\) and plot all three labor supply curves on Exhibit 9-2. Why would one expect the immigrant labor supply curve to slope upward and to the right?

b. Exhibit 9-2 also shows the labor demand curve for this industry. What is the equilibrium wage rate?

C. At the equilibrium wage rate, what is total employment? Domestic employment? Immigrant employment?

d. Suppose the domestic government finds and deports 200~illegal immigrants employed in the industry. Assuming all of the deportees would have entered the country at a wage of $3.00, draw the new total industry labor supply curve. Show the new equilibrium wage and total level of employment.

e. How many additional domestic workers will be employed at the new wage rate?

f. Comment: "If illegal aliens were deported, employment of US. workers would rise by the number of aliens deported."

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