December 21, 2009

FAST FACT: from The Census Bureau: One in six workers in the country is foreign-born. That is the highest this figure has been since 1920 and is the result of both legal and illegal immigration since 1965, when restrictive quotas were dropped and a temporary worker program ended

Posted by D.A. King at 4:21 pm - Email the author   Print This Post Print This Post  

The Census Bureau, meanwhile, has just reported that one in six workers in the country is foreign-born. That is the highest this figure has been since 1920 and is the result of both legal and illegal immigration since 1965, when restrictive quotas were dropped and a temporary worker program ended.

From the WaPo: HERE