Fun facts about the immigrant work force in the United States, from Pew Research and the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
- Of the 162.2 million American jobs, Pew estimates that 23 million jobs are held by legally documented immigrants and 10 million are held by undocumented immigrants.
- Therefore, foreign-born workers comprise 19% of the overall work force.
- In the last five years, 46.4% of all new jobs have been filled by foreign-born workers.
Undocumented immigrants are demanding that they be allowed to hold jobs in the University of California system:
Illegal alien students demand U. California system comply with court ruling, hire them for campus jobs