"I do not agree with the notion of a permanent underclass," he said.

Not only could those workers take away jobs from Americans, these opponents said, but they could also become a permanent underclass.

The residents of the housing project, however, seem trapped in a permanent underclass.

The only way to avoid that permanent underclass is to give people skills.

Such an amendment would create a permanent underclass, born in this country but not entitled to the same rights as citizens.

Unless this plan is changed, it will produce a permanent underclass.

"Together, we can make the permanent underclass a thing of the past," he said.

"We are in danger of perpetuating a permanent underclass," she said.

The creation of a permanent underclass in British society.

It is an invitation to create a society with a permanent underclass deprived of any ladder to something better.