VDAWDI Vindicated-Immigration Hitting American Workers Hard - Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein
April 24, 2009
By Peter Brimelow and Edwin S. Rubenstein
Of particular interest: in 2008, non-Hispanic immigrants accounted for all the working age population growth. The Hispanic immigrant population was virtually unchanged. This is again consistent with reports stating that while the illegal alien invasion has slowed, those already here do not appear to be returning home en masse. [Illegal Immigrants Stay In U.S. Despite Recession, By Cam Simpson, WSJ, January 14, 2009]
The long-term prognosis for the U.S. labor force is not materially affected by the recent reversals in immigrant employment. Should immigrant and native job growth continue at the pace of 2000-2008, the immigrant share of U.S. employment will approach an incredible 50 percent by mid-century. Remember, this does include their native-born children. Pre-1965 stock Americans will be really squeezed:
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