A very long informational thread about why African and Caribbean immigrants caping on Twitter are the least of Black Americans problems… #ReparationsNow
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“Immigrants from Mexico have recently, for the first time since 1990, represented less than half of the undocumented population…in 2017, about 4.95 million of the 10.5 million undocumented population were from Mexico, 1.9 million from Central America, & 1.45 million from Asia.”
“Overall, this represents a minority of the foreign-born population, which in 2017 numbered 44.5 million—45% of whom are naturalized citizens, and 27% of whom are lawful permanent residents.”
“Undocumented immigrants make up approximately 3.2 percent of the U.S. population, but 4.4 percent of the country’s workforce. There are more than 7 million undocumented immigrants working in the United States.”
“More than 1.4 million undocumented immigrants work in construction, accounting for 13 percent of all construction workers. Nearly 1 million immigrants work in accommodation and food services, approximately 8.4 percent of all workers in the industry.”
“Meanwhile, 710,000 undocumented workers make up 10 percent of the administrative and support and waste management industries, and another 489,000 undocumented workers in nonpublic administration services are also overrepresented in the field.”
“Approximately 25 percent of workers in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations are undocumented, as are 16 percent of workers in construction and extraction occupations; 15 percent of workers in building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations”
“Nearly 30 percent of agricultural workers or painters are undocumented.”
“In June 2019, the House passed H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act.29 The bill would extend a pathway to citizenship for up to 2.5 million undocumented immigrants, including those who arrived in the United States as children, many of whom were protected under DACA”
“Black men have the highest unemployment rates of any race/gender group, and the lowest labor force participation and employment rates among men”
“Black women work more than white and Latina women, and Black male participation and employment rates are just a bit higher than those of Black women (while white and Latino men work more than women in each group).”
“The fact that so many Black men are missing from the official data is evident when we compare the reported population sizes… There appear to be two additional factors accounting for the lower observed civilian noninstitutional population of Black men”
“1) The “undercount” of such men in such surveys; & 2) The large population of Black men incarcerated at any time. Of the 15 percentage-point gap in the Black male & female populations for ages 25-54, about 7 points are due to incarceration & 8 to the undercount.”
“Indeed, Black male employment is lower than that of Black females despite the fact that women also provide the vast majority of the child custody and care in this population”
the major causes of lower employment and earnings among Black men than other groups can be summarized as follows:
•Proximate causes: Lower education, skills and work experience
•Ultimate causes: Discrimination and social/spatial isolation
•Proximate causes: Lower education, skills and work experience
•Ultimate causes: Discrimination and social/spatial isolation
•Mediating factors: Lower marriage/child custody rates and worse health
•Reinforcing long-run factors: Crime/incarceration and child support
•Reinforcing long-run factors: Crime/incarceration and child support
“The highest employment rate was found among Mexican-Americans, at 59 percent, and the lowest employment rate was found among Black or African-Americans, at 53.6 percent.”
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