Now that employers can afford to be more selective, they’re saying no English, no job.

Lean job market sends immigrant laborers elsewhere or to agencies for help

GINA EDWARDS, Daily News Correspondent

Saturday, September 15, 2007

They often get paid in cash under the table. They don’t show up in the unemployment rate. And when construction jobs disappear, so do these workers, many of whom are transient immigrants.

Unable to find jobs, construction workers are leaving the area to find work in areas like North Carolina, Tennessee and Las Vegas.

“Every day we’re seeing people coming to our window saying they’ve been laid off and they can’t find work,â€