Working Under the Radar

Submitted by brittanyyu on Tue, 08/21/2012 - 12:54

This chart describes the different occupations that illegal immigrants participate in and the percentage of unauthorized workers in each sector. The highest number of unauthorized workers: construction labourers because manual labour doesn’t need a high level of education and lower salaries are better than none

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Human Trafficking Pie Chart

Submitted by brittanyyu on Tue, 08/21/2012 - 12:50

Prostitution (46%) is the largest sector and domestic servitude is 27%. 1/2 of the people into US so their children can have a ‘better life’. Most people are from East Asian and Pacific countries to US. But this situation is not just happening in the U.S. for there are a total of 800,000 people trafficked per year. The result of this issue restricted migration rules.

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Unemployment rate for foreign-born workers

Submitted by brittanyyu on Tue, 08/21/2012 - 12:40

This could be partially caused by economic recession. The largest gap: Hispanic or Latino population: 4.5% difference. The smallest gap: White population: 2.7% difference. Lower skilled jobs would be the first to go. A large population of less qualified immigrants are from Hispanic countries. And the population of higher skilled immigrants are mostly from European and Asian countries.

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Reservoir Construction is slowing is U.S

Submitted by yufang1104 on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 11:02

You need lots of water and a lot of land where you can build a dam and reservoir, which all takes a LOT of money, time, and construction. The trend for the future will probably be to build small-scale hydro plants that can generate electricity for a single community.

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