Thread: Post-recession, immigrant workers climb back faster

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Post-recession, immigrant workers climb back faster

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Released: Sept. 1, 2012



Their employment returns to pre-crash levels

Immigrants are recovering from the economic downturn and finding jobs faster than workers born in the United States. Between 2009 and 2011, employment among foreign-born workers rose 5.2 percent, compared with 1.8 percent for U.S.-born workers. Today’s infographic has the full story. Why the stark disparity?

How do we know? Check the original sources behind the fact:

• Pew Research Center: “Employment Gains by Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Nativity The Demographics of the Jobs Recovery”
• US Census Bureau: “Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign-Born Populations, 2010 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates”

Immigrant workers find #jobs faster than US-born ones, climb back to pre-recession employment rates as natives lag | Face the Facts USA

This suggests very clearly that as long as there is cheap or cheaper help available that no one in the political structure is going to promote hiring Americans. I d not see this improving soon, regarkless of the election results. Too much history in both parties to feel different.