Coming into the study, we knew that the low-wage market is rife with violations of basic labor standards, but we still found the statistics shocking and disturbing.
This really is a nationwide phenomenon. We found the presence of day labor in every region of the United States.
We found very, very low levels of usage of public assistance and other public benefits.
We found that the spending of undocumented immigrants in the Chicago metro area accounted for about 31,000 jobs every year.
We were disturbed by the incredibly high incidence of wage violations. We also found a very high level of injuries.