Are New Yorkers Taking American Jobs?

And analysis from the Center for New School NYC Affairs (CNYCA) completely broken, by numerical proofs, the uncertain line of enterprise than Donald Trump, where newly arrived migrants are confirmed They are taking jobs away from black people, and in general, from everyone born in the United States.

On the other hand, the equations show that unemployment figures in immigrant communities are very high compared to US citizens. In addition, if compared to the labor participation, pre-white.

In all these accounts, the “newcomers” have almost no influence.

Well, as some experts say, they mostly fall into the category of temporary “unemployed”, who generally lack the tools to compete in almost any job market formal.

“The labor force participation of American-born working-age New Yorkers, It’s at an all-time high.”this center decided, after calculating data from the Department of Labor.

The other result from these analyzes is that if the new immigrants have any effect on the labor market, Only within the group most similar to them, that is, other immigrants.

In the broad summary of this research, it is emphasized that “There is no evidence that the new arrivals have affected employment access for black, white or native-born New Yorkers. in the United States, who are looking for work.”

From the second quarter of 2022, through the first quarter of 2024, both in New York City and nationally, the unemployment rate of “non-citizens” has steadily increased.

As the CNYCA study points out, this period in the case of the Big Apple is significant for two reasons. First, because it was in the spring of 2022 when the Migrants began arriving on buses to New York City. Second, because in those months, the Federal Reserve higher interest rates, with the intention of combating inflation.

The “non-citizens” vs “born here”

Indeed, as is clearly proven statistically, for the first time in many years, employee participation born in the United States, and at a productive age, at the highest level in the Big Apple. At this point in 2024 everything is in line with the national figures. In the city, the historical trend is that this level is usually lower.

“Living in a city where an estimated 36.3% of the working-age population are migrants and where more than 200,000 new immigrants have arrived, as of spring 2022, it doesn’t seem to have a negative impact on New Yorkers’ desire to work“, it is concluded.

For the year 2020, in a city New York, the unemployment rate for whites reached a 1.9%, for blacks 10% and Hispanics 8.8%. This trend continues four years later: the native-born show 4.3% unemployment, while Hispanics have an unemployment rate of 6.4% and blacks 7.2%.

Of each ethnic group, in the first months of this year, White people take the first place on the podium of work. The unemployment rate in this group was calculated at 2.8%, coming from the official census microdata.

It has been proven that, after the pandemic, it is very clear that black and Hispanic workers, regardless of their immigration status, They experience, without a doubt, the highest unemployment. And worse still, “non-citizens” are the only group that has seen an increase in unemployment, in the last two years.

And in 2020 the unemployment rate for “non-citizens” reached 2.8%, Now in 2024 it will rise to 6.3%.

“There is almost no work”

Among the Hispanic immigrant community of the Big Apple, both recent arrivals and those with a long presence, it is very easy to achieve a consensus: It is now difficult to get a job of a certain quality if you do not have certain skills.

“15 years ago I had a cleaning job, union, with my insurance and everything.. The financial building in Lower Manhattan closed because all the cashiers now work in-house. Now they only call me once a week for maintenance,” he said. Diana López, Dominican migrant.

Diana makes sure that what affects the job market is the thousands of new arrivals because of their “really need” they accept jobs for “five pesos”affecting the wage advances achieved over the years.

“Of course they can work for anything.” because they don’t pay rent and they cover all their food,” he said.

Among the mass of migrants who came to New York, from the spring of 2022, it is certain that it is very difficult to find a job that is not delivered from “england”because even for construction there are many requirements now.

“It is ridiculous to think that we, without English, who come to work, are in an inhuman situation in any way, l.and we come to take away a white man’s work. Most of us here at the shelter lasted months before we earned our first peso. And doing anything,” he said. Guillermo Rodríguez, an Ecuadorian who lives with his family in a sheltered hotel in Manhattan.

Another news from the Venezuelan Teresa Simonovis It shows that, as a nurse in her country, she arrived a year ago, and that she only occasionally cleans houses.

“Notice everywhere that they say thousands of nurses are needed here, but several years must pass before I can achieve that goal. Because I don’t speak English. “I don’t even have papers,” he said.

A research done with Do The Road NY, Hester St y Afrikanain February 2024 to 586 migrants, showing how scarce 3% have found a truly stable job and 95% are struggling to survive and get out of the shelter system.

Of the total number of people consulted Only 18 had a job with some stability.

Hildalyn Colon is guidelines related to New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE), in the Queen. (Photo: Fernando Martínez)

There are job offers, but…

In this sense, Hildalyn Colón, Assistant Director, New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE)Queen, remember that the the rhetoric of accusing new immigrants of taking jobs from those born here is nothing new. It just gets worse from time to time.

“What we see is that migrants, especially those who have recently arrived, are unfortunately subject to a lack of employment. And others, who may even be qualified for special positions, They lack basic tools such as English, to name just one case.”he noted.

The activist clarifies that the post-pandemic job market is being restructured in New York. There is a high demand for workers in various fields. Although the truth is that many Hispanics were left, because even with the documents to work with, they do not meet the specific capabilities that the new global and digital market demands now.

Colón mentions employment issues in the renewable or green economyalso in telephone customer service, which continues to grow. But for him the thousands of unemployed immigrants are not eligible.

“The first thing to state is that just having a work permit automatically means the prospect of quality employment. There are people in our community who, for example, have never been to a job interview. They can’t communicate in English, not at all. They never rebooted. “That’s really part of the hurdles,” he confirmed.

Before and after the pandemic

There are clear indications that the city of New York, suffered a worse shock and slower recovery after the 2020 public health crisisthat have disproportionately affected historically disadvantaged groups in the labor market, particularly black and Hispanic workers, young people and those without a university degree.

For example, whites, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and naturalized citizens of all racial/ethnic groups, They still have the lowest unemployment rates.

“Hispanic workers, They have the second highest unemployment rate. All of these trends were true before the pandemic. And they are true today,” the report reveals.

The thesis submitted by CNYCA discusses the economic experience in New York City after COVID-19 as an example of the disproportionate impact of the “Industrial segregation among workers of color in particular.”

Overall, jobs in certain industries, such as retail trade and construction, are found to have declined. While jobs in other sectors, such as home health care, increased.

Furthermore, it is specified, that unemployment rates are high among black and Hispanic workers indicates that these groupshave faced the greatest barriers to moving into industries where they have been historically underrepresented.

The data:

• The unemployment rate is 4.3% of the economically active population in New York City, born in the United States. While Hispanics have an unemployment rate of 6.4% and blacks 7.2%.