The Employment Situation of Immigrants and Natives in the Third Quarter of 2016: CIS analysis of new Bureau of Labor Statistics data
By Steven A. Camarota December 2016
Steven A. Camarota is the director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies.
While the unemployment rate has improved significantly in recent years, the official unemployment rate only includes those who have looked for a job in the last four weeks. It does not include those of working-age who dropped out of the labor force entirely — neither working nor looking for work. (Figures do not include those in prison.) The labor force participation rate has not returned to pre-2007 recession levels, and relative to 2000 the rate looks even worse. Things are particularly bad for those without a college education, the core of Donald Trump’s support.
Among Native-Born Americans:
http://cis.org/Employment-Situation-of-Immigrants-and-Natives-in-the-Third-Quarter-of-2016
