Entrants hurt low- skill men, study says

The Providence (R.I) Journal
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.28.2006

The workers who have been most affected by the massive influx of illegal immigrants into the United States over the past five years are low-skilled, young and native-born, according to a recent study.

"It appears that employers are substituting new immigrant workers for young, native-born workers," economists Andrew Sum, Paul Harrington and Ishwar Khatiwada wrote. "The negative impacts tended to be larger for in-school youth compared to out-of-school youth, and for native-born black and Hispanic males compared to their white counterparts."

The study was conducted by the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University.