In 2004, one of every seven workers in the United States was foreign-born; a decade earlier, that number was one in ten. As the baby-boom generation reaches retirement age, immigrants are likely to hold an even greater share of jobs in the future. This report from the Congressional Budget Office looks at the role of immigrants in the labor market—the skills they bring; the types of jobs they hold; their compensation; and their impact on the native-born workforce.

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