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Elton Gallegly: “The official unemployment rate for native-born Americans without a high school degree is well over 20 percent, and their…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2013
The official unemployment rate for native-born Americans without a high school degree is well over 20 percent, and their underemployment rate exceeds 32 percent.
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Elton Gallegly
California

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Gallegly highlights high unemployment among low-skilled American workers.

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