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Saturday, December 20, 2014

Report: Immigrants Account For All Employment Growth Since 2007

Labor statistics show that foreign-born workers account for all net gains in U.S. employment in the past seven years, according to a group that advocates low immigration.

The Center for Immigration Studies issued a report Friday that found 1.5 million fewer U.S.-born workers employed in 2014 than prior to the recession in 2007. Foreign-born employment for both legal and illegal immigrants increased by more than 2 million workers during the same time period.

The data, which CIS obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is evidence that native-born workers could have a harder time finding jobs under President Obama’s plan to allow more than 5 million illegal immigrants to obtain work permits, CIS officials said.

“If we continue to allow in new immigration at the current pace or choose to increase the immigration level it will be even more difficult for the native-born to make back the ground they have lost in the labor market,” the report’s authors, Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, wrote.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And people wonder why 50+ year old YT is pissed off that there are few or no jobs. Close the border, deport illegals, bring our troops home, get our own house in order. Enough already!

Anonymous said...

Maybe Americans should get off their a$$es and go get a job.