United States: labor markets and immigrant incorporation, new destinations, 1990s to present

Abstract

Abstract The patterns of Latino incorporation into labor markets in traditional immigrant destinations have been the focus of research on immigration for quite some time. Yet, less attention has been paid to the emergence of new immigrant labor markets and the process of labor‐market incorporation of immigrants in non‐traditional immigrant destinations – regions that, in recent history, have not had much experience of immigration. Given that one in every six workers in the United States is foreign‐born (US Bureau of Labor Statistics 2009), understanding how new immigrant labor markets develop, as well as their characteristics and the labor processes driving immigrant incorporation into these new economic contexts, can provide insight into the development of new immigrant destinations.