, Addressing this occupational mismatch could help reduce disparities in health and health care faced by immigrant families and positively benefit the U.S. economy. This brief examines socioeconomic characteristics and employment patterns among immigrant workers and examines how they compare to U.S.-born workers, including differences among college-educated workers. Reflecting these differences in employment patterns, noncitizen workers were more likely than citizen workers to be low-income and uninsured, even among those with college degrees. Roughly one in three noncitizen workers was low-income (below 200% of the federal poverty level (FPL)), compared with 15% of U.S.-born workers. In contrast, 5% of college-educated U.S.-born citizen workers were low-income, with just 1% having income below poverty.

Source: CNN June 12, 2023 14:35 UTC