If the supply of unskilled domestic labor and the supply of unskilled immigrant labor are both perfectly inelastic, then the typical market equilibrium will be such that

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When the supply of both unskilled domestic labor and unskilled immigrant labor is perfectly inelastic, the introduction of immigrant labor into the market does not change the quantity of labor supplied but increases the overall labor supply. This situation leads to a downward pressure on wages because employers have more potential workers to choose from, even though the quantity of labor each group is willing to supply does not change with wage variations. Therefore, wages paid to unskilled domestic labor will be less under conditions of immigration than they would be without immigration, as the increased labor supply (from immigration) in a perfectly inelastic supply scenario leads to lower equilibrium wages.

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