New report on California's illegal immigrants finds population of young families

Sacramento Bee ^ | 4/15/9 | Susan Ferriss

[SmithL]

A major new report profiling America's illegal immigrants estimates that 10 percent of California's work force is undocumented, while close to 14 percent of the state's schoolchildren have at least one parent in the country illegally.

This group of California K-12 kids is divided: Roughly two-thirds are U.S. citizens by birth and one-third are themselves illegal immigrants, according to the report issued Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center in Washington, D.C.

The report marks the first time Pew – a leading nonpartisan research center – has attempted to use census survey data to quantify this young population. Schools in California and many other states do not make official counts of these children or parents.

The estimates about children are part of the Pew report's broader portrait of where illegal immigrants live and work nationwide, their earnings and origins.

"What is striking about this population is it is a population made up of young families," said Jeffrey Passel, Pew senior demographer and the report's co-author.

The study found that 47 percent of U.S. households with an undocumented adult consist of couples with children. That rate is far higher than the 21 percent for native citizen households or the 35 percent for legal immigrants.

High levels of employment among men – 94 percent – is another marked characteristic among the undocumented, Passel said.

Illegal immigrants were about 4 percent of the U.S. population in 2008 but 5.4 percent of the U.S. work force, according to the study.

Two-thirds work in jobs on the lower-wage rungs of the services, construction, production and repair industries. Only 31 percent of U.S.-born workers fill these same jobs, the report found.

The study found that of all the offspring of these undocumented workers, about 73 percent are U.S. citizens by birth.

[SmithL]

[SmithL]

Unauthorized Immigrant?

Is that the new code for ILLEGAL ALIEN?

[Frantzie]

Invasion. We are becoming a corrupt third world country like Mexico. Americans cannot afford to start families because we are paying for illegals.

[TheBattman]

AT least 10% (and these things are generally lowball in nature) of the California workforce is illegal... What is the unemployment rate in California right now? Hmmm...

Think if a big chunk of the unemployed were to go to work in place of the illegals (thus lowering the state’s “obligations” and increasing tax revenues) wouldn’t that go a ways towards helping California’s financial woes?

[Liberty Valance]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Bersin
Get ready for Alan Bersin as the new ‘Border Czar’
He’s done such a fine job in California. /s

[kellynla]

the insanity continues...

And it will be at least four more years before we will be able to elect a POTUS who will do ANYTHING about the illegals and the borders!

[a fool in paradise]

And just last month the MSM was telling us about how many teenaged mothers there are now.

[RedMonqey]

Hawaii has illegal immigrants ? That’s one heckova swim!!!

[RedMonqey]

Americans cannot afford to start families because we are paying for illegals.

We have become Rome in the last stage before it's collapse. Work is seen as "demeaning" and thus "slaves" i.e. illegal immigrants are required to do the tasks too demanding for real Americans.

Starting with the nanny problem for the country's leaders down to the blue collar worker who rather be on welfare than do honest work.

The rot has set in.....

[happygrl]

Real unemployment, as judged by the old criteria, is upwards of 19%.

I think it's reaching Depression-Era levels just going by the number in my circle who are unemployed and facing forced furloughs.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

[raybbr]

The report marks the first time Pew – a leading nonpartisan research center – ...

OOOOPS! They left out the "hispanic" part. How can it not be biased if it's called the Pew "Hispanic" Center?