The education and income levels of immigrants have declined over the past several decades . Only 20 percent of U.S. natives over 25 years of age have college degrees compared to 33 percent of their immigrant counterparts. Recent legal immigrants have average household incomes that fall 7 percent below those of U.S. natives. Those who arrived before 1980, both legal and refugee households, have average incomes that significantly exceed those of U.S. natives. Immigrants are threatening both urban and rural areas .
Immigration is mostly an urban phenomenon.
More than 93 percent of immigrants settle in metropolitan areas versus 73 percent of U.S. natives. The combination of geographic concentration and the general decline of urban institutions complicates the country's ability to integrate newcomers and distorts perceptions of the impact of immigrant groups. Immigrants take jobs of U.S. native workers . Census data show that immigration has no meaningful effect on job displacements. Immigrants burden public services .