effect of migrant labourers on USA job market

 

AUGUST 2, 2012 Thu U.S. Teens Suffer from Influx of Immigrant Laborers The influx of immigrant laborers into the U.S. over the past decades has hurt American teenagers' job prospects: Every 10% increase in the number of employed immigrants with no more than a high school diploma reduces native teens' annual number of hours worked by around 3%, according to Christopher L. Smith of the Federal Reserve. The number of immigrant laborers in the U.S. increased by more than 130% between 1980 and 2009. Source: The Impact of Low-Skilled Immigration on the Youth Labor Market