Immigration -> more competition among workers -> lower wages Immigration -> more people in need of housing -> higher housing prices
(note that the wage and housing effects are short-term rather than steady-state due to a sudden influx of people)
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(but those effects will last as long as immigration keeps up, plus some lag period as capital and housing adjust)
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