Economic Development Futures Journal

Sunday, July 24, 2005

counter statistics

Immigrant Labor

The number of immigrant day laborers is rising fast on the heels of the construction boom.
Immigrants who lack permanent employment, relying instead on jobs that might change from one day to the next, are a fixture of the U.S. economy, numbering as many as 10 million nationwide, according to advocacy groups. A substantial number of these workers – no one knows how many – are in the U.S. illegally. Read more here.

This is an important economic and workforce development issue in many states. Having worked in Arizona and California, I saw it first hand.

What are your thoughts of this issue?

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