With President Bush's proposed immigration law changes, we have the
question as to where there are more needs and openings for foreign
workers--- as there are not enough American workers to fill the bill.

Can you find some type of a map or just tables by states (all 50 or
just the continuous 48) that might show:

How many foreign workers there are?
In what states?
What metropolitan areas?
What jobs?  agriculture, factories, resorts, restaurants, golf
courses, hotel/motel, construction, etc.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 23 Jan 2004 19:20 PST

Hello there,

Oddly enough, while researching another question, I came across a very
detailed report about the foreign-born labor force in the U.S.  It
doesn't provide quite what you are looking for -- there are some
geographic breakouts, and some occupational breakouts, but not both at
the same time -- but it might suit your needs just the same.

This is probably the best listing of primary sources of information on
foreign workers in the US, in case you or another researcher want to
delve deeper into the data to see if the type of map/table you want
can be pieced together.

Anyway, the report is here:


http://www.businessroundtable.org/pdf/781.pdf

and is titled:  "Immigrant Workers and the Great American Job Machine:
The Contributions of New Foreign Immigration National and Regional
Labor Force Growth in the 1990s"

See especially, Table 10:  "Ten States with the Highest and Lowest
Shares of their Resident Labor Force Growth Due to New Foreign
Immigration, 1990 ? 2001"

Best of luck.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by pendleton-ga on 23 Jan 2004 19:53 PST

pafalafa-ga

Thank you so much for your comment, suggestion.
I clicked on the url you provided, my pc download the pdf file
someplace and I cannot find it.

Can you help me?
God bless you to know and do His will!
John P.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 23 Jan 2004 20:07 PST

Actually, have a look at this link from the Census Bureau:

http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/foreign/ppl-162/tab01-08.txt

which might be just as good a resource, and easier to view.  

To open up the Business Roundtable report that I mentioned earlier,
you need to have a program called Adobe Reader on your computer.  It's
available free of charge at the link below, but warning -- it is a
LARGE file and can take a long time to download.  If you want to give
it a try, though, you can download it at:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

You can also see a detailed summary of the Business Roundtable report here:

http://216.239.37.104/search?q=cache:82hxiMvBfGwJ:www.sces.org/lmi/LMI_Library/Immigrant.pdf+immigration+report+%22business+roundtable%22+org&hl=en&ie=UTF-8


Hope this helps.

Hi John, it's nice to hear from you again.

I think it will be difficult to find the information you are seeking.
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) only reports the number
of H-1B applications but doesn't elaborate beyond that and neither do
other census takers.

"When the BLS calls you on the phone, it doesn?t ask if you are a U.S.
citizen, a foreign worker or an illegal alien.  The statistics include
everyone who is working in this country.  For example, a foreign
software programmer hired on a temporary work visa is counted as
employed.There are an estimated 1.7 million temporary foreign workers
in this country.  I have to say ?estimated? because the Department of
Labor doesn?t keep track of those figures. Illegal immigrants are
counted, too.  There are an estimated 10 million illegal immigrants in
this country."
http://www.baconsrebellion.com/Issues03/12-15/Sixty_jobs.htm

The closest I came is this:

"Foreigners are having a tough time finding work in the US since
September 11 (State Department). Today the level of H-IB's issued is
similar to the level prior to 1998 when Congress raised the ceiling.
In 2001, H-IB's issued exceeded 160,000; today about 100,000 and
declining. The industries using H-IB visas:
* Computer related 38%.
* Architecture, engineering services 13%.
* Administrative specializations 11%.
* Education 10%.
* Medicine, health 7%.
* Other 21% (not defined)."
http://www.csts.msu.edu/factoids.html

Some links of interest:

Foreign Labor Certification:
http://www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign/

Foreign-Born Population living in U.S. Regions by Sex and World Region
of Birth: March 2000:
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/foreign/ppl-160/tab03-14.txt

Occupation of Employed Workers by Sex and Citizenship Status: March 2000:
http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/foreign/ppl-160/tab01-08.txt

Sorry I can't be of more help - perhaps another researcher will have better luck.

Regards,
hummer

Hummer:

I knew it was a tough question, that is why I offered the most (for my
slim wallet) I have ever offered for a question.

Maybe your priliminary searches will help another researcher.

thanks.
John