WILLING TO WORK

PLACE OF BIRTH IS NOT A CHOICE

Immigrants, both documented and undocumented, have proven willing to work in a variety of occupations from skilled scientists, engineers, and health care workers to day laborers. Deportation all undocumented persons would cause the U.S. to face labor shortages in the above crucial fields, while costing over $500 billion for deportation. The U.S. immigration needs reform.

Immigrants pay almost $59 billion in taxes annually and contribute $26 billion in Social Security taxes, despite being ineligible to receive the social benefits they pay for.

Immigrant workers:

~28% physicians and surgeons (some areas 44%)

~23% healthcare support (nursing assistants, personal care aides

~22% dentists

~19% pharmacists

~43% doctorate level scientists and engineers

Undocumented workers and those with temporary work visas like H-2A and H2B:

*50% meat and poultry processing

*50% farm work

*40% construction and day labor

*75% day labor

*41% home health aides

*17% RN’s

October 2025 the Labor Department made a new rule that lowers pay for seasonal migrants working in agriculture under the H-2A visa program. The move was to cut farmers’ labor costs by $24 billion over the next 10 years. It also shifted the burden for paying for housing from employer sponsors to migrant workers themselves, with some exceptions.