Title: Most Americans say immigrants mainly fill jobs US citizens don’t want | Pew Research Center
Headings: A majority of Americans say immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want
A majority of Americans say immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want
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Content: Most Americans say immigrants mainly fill jobs US citizens don’t want | Pew Research Center
A majority of Americans say immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want
By Jens Manuel Krogstad, Mark Hugo Lopez and Jeffrey S. Passel
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Americans generally agree that immigrants – whether undocumented or living legally in the country – mostly do not work in jobs that U.S. citizens want, with a majority saying so across racial and ethnic groups and among both political parties. This is particularly true when it comes to undocumented immigrants. About three-quarters of adults (77%) say undocumented immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want, while 21% say undocumented immigrants fill jobs U.S. citizens would like to have, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted April 29 to May 5. Hispanics (88%) are most likely to say undocumented immigrants mostly fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want, with more Hispanic immigrants than U.S.-born Hispanics saying so (94% vs. 82%). By comparison, similar shares of white (75%) and black (71%) adults say the same. The findings are little changed from August 2019, when 77% of U.S. adults said undocumented immigrants fill jobs U.S. citizens do not want. They come amid mounting job losses across the nation during the COVID-19 outbreak. The U.S. unemployment rate soared to 14.7% in April, up from 4.4% in March, the highest monthly rate since 1948. In May, it was 13.3%. The Center’s April-May survey found most Americans say the federal government does not have a responsibility to provide economic help to undocumented immigrants who have lost their job due to the outbreak.