Pew Report: US-born workers now majority of Latino workforce

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Pew Report: US-born workers now majority of Latino workforce

For the first time in nearly two decades, immigrants don't account for the majority of Hispanic workers in the U.S., according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

Sales associate Maria Ayala (L) helps Carmen Anzo shop for clothing in a store located in Chicago's largely Hispanic Little Village neighborhood.

For the first time in nearly two decades, immigrants don't account for the majority of Hispanic workers in the U.S., according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.

For the first time in nearly two decades, immigrants don't account for the majority of Hispanic workers in the U.S., according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. There are now fewer Latino immigrants in the labor force than there were before the Great Recession, a significant change.

For more on what's behind this shifting demographics, we turn now to Rakesh Kochhar, associate director of research for the Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project.