In the U.S., minorities and immigrants have generally gone into low-paid, unskilled jobs.
unskilled jobs;unskilled labor.
Most immigrants work in unskilled jobs that Argentines are reluctant to do, such as maids or restaurant workers.
One reason is that as the number of well-paid unskilled jobs began to shrink in the 1980s, the "college premium" -the difference in salaries between college and high-school graduates-rose.
Too many of those who work in unskilled jobs are illiterate and need their workmates to read for them.