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Immigrants are a necessary component of the job market and entrepreneurship
- Brookings: Hoban 17
- Immigrants are highly skilled and necessary to the job market
- College graduates are more prevalent among recent immigrant adults than among all adults in 90 of the 100 largest metropolitan areas.
- National Bureau of Economic Research: Kerr 16 (cited)
- Immigrants contribute to entrepreneurship and innovation greatly
- Immigrants constitute 15% of the general U.S. workforce, but they account for around a quarter of U.S. entrepreneurs
- This immigrant share of entrepreneurship has been increasing dramatically since the mid-1990s
- New American Economy Factsheet: Key Takeaways
- 93.3% of the over 1,250,000 DACA eligible population is employed
- 90% of the undocumented population is working age and 86.6% of males are working
- This is compared to 80% of the foreign born population and 62.2% of the native-born population