An analysis of seasonally unadjusted household employment figures finds that 107,000, or 61%, of December 2011’s new jobs went to immigrants

Just 69,000, or 39%, went to natives. This translates to a robust 0.5% gain in immigrant employment and a minuscule 0.06% lift for native-born employment. While immigrant employment rose by 4.7% from January 2009 through December 2011, native-born employment declined by 2.0%. Since January 2001, non-Hispanic employment fell by 1.6 million, or 1.3%, while Hispanic employment rose 4.6 million, or 28.4%. Since June 2009, non-Hispanic employment fell by 338,000, or 0.3%, while Hispanic employment rose 1.1 million, or 5.6%.