Study: Immigration Not Affecting American Workers

The increases in immigration in recent years have not hurt job prospects for American workers, according to a study released on Thursday (August 10th).

The Pew Hispanic Center studied census data on the increase in immigrants between 1990 and 2004 for each state, matched those figures with employment rates and found "no apparent relationship between the growth of foreign workers... and the employment outcome of native workers with the same... level of education." Rakesh Kochhar, author of the study, states that other factors including economic growth, play a bigger role in determining the job market for Americans. However, Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, offers research showing that young workers with little education do lose out on jobs because of competition from immigrants. This new information will add to the debate over immigration, and the claim that immigrants "take jobs Americans won't" which has become a central theme in the upcoming mid-term elections.

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