Blacks were also more likely than whites to feel that immigrants take jobs away from American citizens.
Some 60,000 immigrants nationally have taken the exam in the last 17 months.
He said the area has a labor shortage and the immigrants were not taking jobs Americans might otherwise fill.
Italian immigrants who settled in the area took seven years to construct the building.
Sure, immigrants have taken jobs from Americans here and there, he says.
Illegal immigrants, he said, are "taking jobs away from people who really do need them."
Some immigrants who have already established themselves take an opposite view, however.
Are immigrants really taking jobs away from us citizens?
It is said that illegal immigrants take jobs away from American citizens.
In this regard, earlier immigrants took their responsibilities more seriously.