[jsfg_cinti] Articles: Latinos land 2 in 3 U.S. construction jobs

Dear JSFG Folks,

Here's an interesting article on job growth in the
construction industry.  I find it amazing that Latinos
"accounted for 36.7 percent of the 2006 U.S.
employment growth".

But I am sure that all of the jobs taken by what the
article calls "undocumented immigrants" were jobs that
unemployed Americans would not want.

Regards,
Lance Feldman

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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Business/latinos_land_2_in_3_us_construction_jobs/20070307-073624-4659r/
or
http://tinyurl.com/2lavg8

Latinos land 2 in 3 U.S. construction jobs

WASHINGTON, March 7 (UPI) -- Latinos make up 13.6
percent of the U.S. employment population, but
accounted for 36.7 percent of the 2006 U.S. employment
growth, a study showed Wednesday.

Most of the jobs Hispanic workers landed were in the
construction industry, the Pew Hispanic Center said.

In fact, two out of every three new U.S. constriction
[sic] jobs went to Hispanic workers, the center said.

...

Undocumented immigrants accounted for about two-thirds
of the increase in recently arrived Hispanic workers,
the center estimated.

...

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