PERCENTAGE OF FOREIGN-BORN WORKERS IN U.S. MORE THAN TRIPLED SINCE 1970 44 1

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Brietbart:

The percentage of foreign-born workers in the U.S. labor force has more than tripled over the last four decades and while the U.S. represents just 5 percent of the world’s population it attracts 20 percent of the world’s immigrants, according to a new report.

 

The Migration Policy Institute has released its most recent compilation of immigration statistics in the U.S. The report offers comprehensive data on immigration patterns and population data culled largely from government data.

 

According to the report, looking at data up to 2013, U.S. immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for about 25 percent of the total U.S. population, or about 80 million people. Further, the raw number of immigrants in the U.S. was at an all time high of 41.3 million, up 523,000 or 1.3 percent from 2012 to 2013.

 

The report explains that along with the increase in immigration over the past several decades, the share of immigrant workers also increased.