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EMBARRASSING: 40%
Of Texas Job Growth Since 2007 Went To Illegal Immigrants
Plenty of people have already attacked the Texas growth myth, but this report from the Center for Immigration Studies really stings.
The non-partisan group found that newly-arrived immigrants claimed 81% of state job growth from 2007 to 2011. What's worse, half of those immigrants were illegal -- representing 40% of state growth.
Obviously this won't go over well on the Perry campaign.
Newly-arrived immigrants dominated job growth despite representing only 29% of population growth.
Robert Reich, Paul Krugman and others have previously noted that most of the jobs added in Texas were low wage.
Half Truth
Quote:
Using the net immigrant figure -- the one Romney didn’t use -- results in a lower percentage.
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