Immigrants’ Contribution to Economic Growth
The pace of recent U.S. economic growth would have been impossible without immigration. Since 1990, immigrants have contributed to job growth in three main ways: They fill an increasing share of jobs overall, they take jobs in labor-scarce regions, and they fill the types of jobs native workers often shun. The foreign-born make up only 11.3 percent of the U.S. population and 14 percent of the labor force. But amazingly, the flow of foreign-born is so large that immigrants currently account for a larger share of labor force growth than natives (Chart 1).
- Also see this 2006 update.
I dont think this has anything to do with you not being able to get a job. believe it or not, due to the fact that immigrants have “most of the jobs” gives companies a chance to create more, so in a way immigrant workers are creating more jobs rather than taking them away.
I guess this explains why I can’t get a job. Employers don’t hire US citizens any more.