Unauthorized aka illegal immigrants gain more white collar jobs, Pew Research March 26, 2015, Over 8 million illegals in labor force, Over 5 percent, 26 percent of all immigrants, 75 percent of Obama jobs went to Hispanics

From Pew Research March 26, 2015.

“In a reflection of changes in the overall economy since the Great Recession, the U.S. unauthorized immigrant workforce now holds fewer blue-collar jobs and more white-collar ones than it did before the 2007-2009 recession, but a solid majority still works in low-skilled service, construction and production occupations, according to new Pew Research Center estimates.”

“Unauthorized immigrants made up 5.1% of the nation’s labor force in 2012, numbering 8.1 million who were working or looking for work, according to previously published Pew Research estimates (Passel and Cohn, 2014). But as this new analysis shows, they account for a far higher share of the total workforce in specific jobs, notably farming (26%), cleaning and maintenance (17%), and construction (14%).

The unauthorized immigrant share of the work force peaked at 5.4% in 2007, when the two-year Great Recession began.

The number in the labor force has ranged from 8.1 million to 8.3 million since 2007. The relative stability of the size of the unauthorized immigrant labor force since 2007 contrasts with a marked decline in the overall U.S. unauthorized immigrant population, which peaked at 12.2 million in 2007, dropped through 2009 and stabilized after that, to total 11.2 million in 2012 (Passel and Cohn, 2014).”

“In 2012, unauthorized immigrants accounted for 3.5% of the U.S. population and 26% of all immigrants. Unauthorized immigrants make up a larger share of the labor force than of the overall population. A key reason for that is that they are more likely than the overall U.S. population to be of working age, and less likely to be young or older (Passel and Cohn, 2009).”

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From Citizen Wells 13, 2015.

“The following data comes straight from the US labor Department.
It covers the time frame of January 2009 to January 2015. The first 6 years of the Obama Administration.

6 Year Employment

Net Gain     Lost in 2009

White

1,172,000    2,812,000-

Black

1,590,000      644,000-

Asian

1,934,000      157,000-

Hispanic/Latino

4,511,000         85,000-

Bet you didn’t know that!

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