Unemployment Rate Series
The foreign-born work force...is disproportionately concentrated in the low skilled segment of the nation's labor supply. As a consequence, their substantial presence has been repeatedly found by research to lower the wages of all low skilled workers...Because the illegal immigrant workers will do whatever it takes to get a job, they become preferred workers for these jobs. The losers are the legal workers whose wages and incomes are depressed or who become unemployed as well as the others who become discouraged from seeking work and withdraw from the labor force.
A Bleak Employment Picture for the Young
Unemployment and Underemployment In the Second Quarter of 2011
A Huge Pool of Potential Workers
Unemployment, Underemployment, and Non-Work Among Native-Born Americans
Immigration and the U.S. Labor Force: Two New Studies Examine Economics of Immigration
WASHINGTON (August 17, 2009) – The two reports released today by the Center for Immigration Studies provide detailed information on the U.S. labor force. The first, entitled “Jobs Americans Don’t Do?,” provides a detailed look at the concentration of immigrants across the 465 occupations that comprise the U.S.-labor market.
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