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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by candiodari on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:19AM (#17966214)
Furthermore those 3.5% are not divided randomly.

On the lowest rung of society, they're at least 50%. The higher you go the lower the percentage, and it drops off pretty fast.

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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by toofy on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @03:35AM (#17966280)
Sorry, I'm confused by your statement, are you saying "at least" 50% of the lower class are immigrants?
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Re:Americans Want to Believe Jobs Are the Solution to Povert... by candiodari on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @08:14AM (#17967703)
No, I mean when it comes to the lowest of the low jobs, like hotel maid in terribly run bad hotel or garbage man, illegal immigrants represent almost a majority.

I don't have exact figures so I'm using 50% like "about half". I suspect though that it's only about half because some of them managed to legalize themselves, and in reality in these very bad jobs there's actually even more than that.

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