from SLATE: > Study Finds Immigrants Are Still Good for the United States
>While critics complain that an open immigration policy would overwhelm the >United States with low-paid foreign workers, a new census survey finds that >this isn't likely to be the case: According to the New York Times, the >majority of immigrants in big cities are more likely to hold white-collar jobs >than work manual labor or in the service industry. In the country's 14 biggest >cities, white-collar workers outnumbered blue-collar ones, while across all >cities, immigrants are "nearly evenly distributed across the job and income >spectrum." Additionally, the data found that the fastest-growing cities were >the ones that are most popular among lower-income immigrants, while cities >popular among high-earning immigrants weren't expanding quite as quickly. >Regardless, the Times says, "cities with thriving immigrant populations — with >high-earning and lower-wage workers — tended to be those that prospered the >most." The study matters because immigration policy is heavily affected by >perceptions of how much immigrants earn. While more than 60 percent of >Americans are opposed to allowing unskilled workers to enter the country, >research indicated that they're far more likely to embrace high-earning >newcomers. These views are now beginning to trickle down into Congress: >Several Senators have introduced bills that would give priority to highly >skilled immigrants. >Read original story in The New York Times >[http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/16/us/16skilled.html] | Friday, April 16, 2010 >< -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
