Although immigrants are more likely than U.S.-born workers to be employed in a number of specific jobs, including plasterers and stucco masons, there are no major U.S. industries in which they outnumber the U.S. born, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data. The top industry for unauthorized immigrant workers was construction, which included 16 percent of all unauthorized immigrant workers.
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