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Figure Non-Citizens 1. Work Force Participation Rate,
Male Latino Non-Citizens.

Another common misperception is that non-U.S. citizen
Latinos do not participate in the work force as much as
other populations. In fact, male Latino non-citizens have
an extremely high work force participation rate, over
90% for young mature workers aged 25 to 49. In
contrast, non-Latino males born in the U.S. had a lower
work force participation rate, ranging generally from 82–
86%.

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Figure Non-Citizens 2. Percentage of Latino Non-Citizens by
Public Use Micro Area, 2015.
In most of the United States, non-citizen Latinos make up a
very small share of the population. As seen on the map, the
highest concentrations of non-citizen Latinos are in the
western and southwestern U.S. These areas are predominantly
agricultural. The likely net effect of arresting and deporting
unauthorized Latinos (about half of non-citizen Latinos) will
be to adversely affect rural agricultural economies and
increase food prices. The “job opportunities” whereby created
would be geographically inconvenient for non-Latino citizens
living in more northerly areas, and would not pay wages that
would induce them to move.

Figure Non-Citizens 3. Declining Unauthorized
Immigrant Population from Mexico.

The Pew Research Center estimated that, between 2005
and 2014, the unauthorized Mexican immigrant
population of the U.S. decreased by more than 1,000,000
persons—in contrast to the common public perception
that presence of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico
is both ongoing and increasing.

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