The Young Are More Welcoming to Immigrants

More than four-in-ten Gen Nexters (45%) view the growing number of immigrants working in this country as a positive change for American workers; about the same number (46%) see increased immigration as hurtful on balance. Among older workers, far fewer say immigrants have helped American workers overall. The generation gap is even larger on the issue of increased outsourcing of jobs to other countries — while 41% of Gen Nexters say this has helped American workers, only about 10% of those over age 25 agree. Read More