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Employment Gains Of Immigrants

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“...Employment gains of immigrants in the past few years have been large compared with the small gains by United States workers…” About half of all workers ages 18 to 64 without a high school diploma are immigrants. Most are unauthorized and do not speak English well. hey tend to work in different fields that U.S.-born workers often don’t. Immigrant are part of America DNA.

“...Immigration allows for an efficient sorting of workers, so displacement of U.S.-born workers by immigrants is unlikely.” The number of U.S.-born workers without further education than high school has declined since 2007. Most projected employment growth, eight do not require a high school diplomas. More than 4 million undocumented immigrants mean more competition

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