what jobs do immigrants do?

So what jobs immigrants do immigrants do? If jobs paid more, would Americans be willing to work in those jobs? How much would those jobs have to pay?

Here are some readings that might give some insight into some jobs that immigrants do. Would you work in these same jobs? Under what circumstances?

• Undercover in a Chicken Factory
• Working in the Shadows: Undercover Writer Sheds Light on Immigrant Labor
• Why Americans Won't Do Dirty Jobs
• Job Fight: Immigrants vs. Locals: Tennessee Residents Compete for Work They Once Scorned; An All-Night Wait for Slaughterhouse Shifts
• Do Farm Workers from Developing Countries Take Jobs from Americans?
• Maid in America (video)

In addition, notice that although they make up a smaller percentage of the US population, they account for a larger proportion of the civilian labor force.

And what kinds of jobs do immigrants perform? According to MPI

Of the 25.7 million employed foreign-born workers ages 16 and older in 2015, the largest share, or 31 percent, worked in management, professional, and related occupations. 

Keep in mind that immigrants account for about 13.5% of the population of the US: