Immigrants Benefit as Economy Recovers

Immigrants are seeing the economic recovery now, partly because they are more flexible about the jobs and the wages they will accept. - - Donna Poisl

By MIRIAM JORDAN

For Gustavo Torres, head of an immigrant employment center near Washington, D.C., the uptick in the economy is measured by the surge in demand for his blue-collar workers, who hail mainly from Latin America and Africa.

"The recovery is working for our community," said Mr. Torres, executive director of Casa de Maryland, which boasts five job centers in the state. "It's unbelievable how many jobs are becoming available."

In the year that ended June 2010, Casa placed 19,000 immigrants in jobs, compared with 16,000 in the year-earlier period.
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