"College-educated immigrants vastly underemployed in US; Latin Americans, Africans faring worst, study says" By N. C. Aizenman, Washington Post | October 23, 2008
WASHINGTON - One out of every five college-educated immigrants in the United States is either unemployed or working in an unskilled job such as a dishwasher, fast-food restaurant cashier, or security guard, depriving the US economy of the full potential of more than 1.3 million foreign-born workers, according to a study released yesterday.
Same thing is happening to OUR OWN KIDS --as their schools are GUTTED FINANCIALLY and SHUTTERED!!! At least these guys COULD GET a COLLEGE EDUCATION (just don't waste your time and money on a history degree, 'kay, kids?)!
The plight of such immigrants is familiar to anyone who has gotten a ride from a Washington taxi driver with an engineering degree from Ethiopia or had their car parked by a garage attendant who used to practice law in El Salvador. However, the report by the Washington-based Migration Policy Institute is the first to quantify the extent of the problem.
Yeah, too bad we are OUTSOURCING all that shit -- or bringing cheaper illegals in to work those jobs!!!
"This shows that immigrant brain waste is a reality; that the challenge of integration is not restricted to unskilled workers, who have been the focus until now; and that a very high share of highly skilled immigrants are not progressing rapidly in the economy," said researcher Michael Fix, who coauthored the study with Jeanne Batalova. --more--"
Well, boo-hoo-hoo for them (as you are sliding down into the ditch, Amurkn). Not to be cold or callous, but SEND THEM HOME THEN!
