Why immigrant workers are critical to the economic recovery

There are other reports that show this same information. If we want our economy to recover we need a large number of immigrant workers.   - - Donna Poisl

By J.D. Harrison

Foreign-born workers represent an exceptionally high share of the labor force in roughly half of the country’s fastest-growing and largest-growing sectors, according to new analysis of government data, suggesting that immigrants have a critical role to play in the ongoing economic recovery.

U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections show that 15 occupational fields are expected to grow by at least 42 percent between 2010 and 2020, and among those, immigrant labor currently makes up a disproportionately large percentage of employment (greater than the overall share of foreign-born workers) in seven sectors. Similarly, they represent an exceptionally high share of the labor force in eight of the 15 sectors expected to add the greatest number of jobs during the decade.
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