Immigrant Latino workers hit hard but still working

The Pew Hispanic Center (on 6/4/2008) released Latino Labor Report, 2008: Construction Reverses Job Growth for Latinos. Using data through the first quarter of 2008, the report finds the economic downturn having a disproportionate impact on Hispanic workers. especially Mexican immigrants and recent arrivals, have been hurt the most by the slump in the construction industry.

There are no signs Latino immigrants are leaving the U.S. labor market but they now play a smaller role in the growth of the Hispanic workforce than in recent years.

The report is available at the Pew Hispanic Center's website, http://www.pewhispanic.org/.