The Patriot Post® · All Net Employment Gain Since 2007 Went to Immigrants

The Center for Immigration Studies took a look at recent numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found some troubling trends that make Barack Obama’s executive amnesty even more unappealing. In short, “all of the net gain in employment since 2007 has gone to immigrants (legal and illegal).” Furthermore, “Native employment has still not returned to pre-recession levels, while immigrant employment already exceeds pre-recession levels.” And some specifics: “The BLS reports that 23.1 million adult (16-plus) immigrants (legal and illegal) were working in November 2007 and 25.1 million were working in November of this year – a two million increase. For natives, 124.01 million were working in November 2007 compared 122.56 million in November 2014 – a 1.46 million decrease [emphasis added].” Clearly, the legality of Obama’s action isn’t the only consideration. More…