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The unemployment rate for native-born Americans jumped to 14% in April 2020, up from 3.8% in February before Covid-19 hit. Among immigrants, the rate was 16.4% in April, up from 3.6% in February.

Report: cis.org/Report/Employm…
There were 18.2m unemployed natives and 4.3m unemployed immigrants in April, a 250% increase for the native-born and 320% increase for immigrants since February.

Report: cis.org/Report/Employm…
In addition to the unemployed, there were 49.8m working-age native-born and 10.4m working-age immigrants entirely out of the labor force — neither working nor looking for work.

Report: cis.org/Report/Employm…
We estimate the unemployment rate for illegal immigrants in April of 2020 was roughly 19.3%, compared to roughly 15.6% for legal immigrants and 14% for the native-born.

Report: cis.org/Report/Employm…
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