Why do we keep bringing up these issues as if they were mutually exclusive?
The whole conspiracy has not been driven by a desire to bring down wages (most of the involved company can pay the price), but by the instability caused by an already existing shortage.
Yes, driving down wages only makes the issue worse, and lobbying for migrant workers whilst doing so is extremely hypocritical.
But at the end of the day it's a symptom of the problem, not the root cause.
The whole conspiracy has not been driven by a desire to bring down wages (most of the involved company can pay the price), but by the instability caused by an already existing shortage.
Yes, driving down wages only makes the issue worse, and lobbying for migrant workers whilst doing so is extremely hypocritical.
But at the end of the day it's a symptom of the problem, not the root cause.