Industries

Construction, health services, and manufacturing jobs are one of the major employments in New England, both by Americans and immigrants. According to Antoniya Owens, 44 percent of New England immigrants are work in these jobs. Other forms of employment by immigrants are by barber shops, nail solans, and dry cleaning services. Owens states that it is 19 percent of immigrants work in manufacturing and 31 percent works in food services and accommodations. This presents the idea that immigrants are willing to work hard in order to be secure financially as oppose to finding the easy way out, such as abusing the welfare system.