Immigrants | Job growth quicker than native-born Americans

Immigrants are experiencing a faster rate of job growth than native-born Americans in the economic recovery, data show.

“It seems that the rate of unemployment for immigrants is slightly lower than for the native group,” said Jeanne Batalova, a policy analyst with the Washington, D.C.-based Migration Policy Institute, which analyzed employment data for the region — Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama — from 2008 to 2010.

One reason immigrants seem to do better when the economy improves has to do with the types of industries they work in, she added.

The immigrants and the U.S.-born tend to work in slightly different industries, she said. About 24 percent of the U.S.-born in Tennessee work in education and health care, while 17 percent of immigrants in the state work in the hospitality industry, which tends to need fewer skills and pays less, she said…

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