U.S. Loses Billions by Wasting Immigrant Talent
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 29: A Muslim woman walks in an ethnically a diverse neighborhood in Queens on August 29, 2016 in New York City. Queens County is one of the five most diverse counties in the United States with a large Latino and Asian population among other groups. Immigration has once again become a topic dividing the candidates in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has been an advocate of building a wall with Mexico and deporting all illegal immigrants, is expected to give a speech on Wednesday to clarify his positions on immigration policy.
Photographer: Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesThe world’s largest economy is losing billions of dollars every year by having immigrant doctors drive taxis and engineers wait tables.
Almost a quarter of the 7.6 million immigrants in the U.S. with college degrees are either unemployed or working in jobs that don’t require high school education, according to an analysis of 2009-2013 U.S. Census Bureau data by the Migration Policy Institute, New American Economy and World Education Services.