Todd Benzman of the Center for Immigration Studies discusses the cost of illegal immigration to the “bottom line” as the issue takes center stage in Congress' budget battle.
Native American men in a decades-long trend that coincided with Increased immigrationAccording to a new analysis that has sounded the alarm on this issue.
Center for Migration Studies (CIS) published A study This week, showing the share of working-age (16 to 64) U.S.-born men not participating in the labor force has risen since the 1960s, from 11.3 percent neither working nor looking for work in April 1960 to 22.1 percent. percent reached in April. this year
The share of American-born working-age men who are out of the labor force has nearly doubled since 1960, a new study shows. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
In a blog post detailing its findings, CIS said: “This is relevant to the immigration debate, as one of the arguments for allowing many There are legal immigrants or even tolerance of illegal immigration, it is that there are not enough workers.” “But this huge increase ignores the number of working-age people not in the labor force.
Moreover, being out of the labor force is associated with deep social problems Like crime“Overdose deaths, and welfare dependency,” the authors wrote.
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The report states the total number of US-born men and women of working age who are not in the country labor force By April 2024, there were 43 million people, an increase of 8.5 million since 2000.
The number of U.S.-born men of working age not in the labor force increased by 13.2 million from 1960 to 2024, according to the data. Over the same time period, the number of working-age immigrant men participating in the labor force has increased. 14.1 million
Migrants take part in a convoy to the US border in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 31, 2023. (Isaac Guzman/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The trend of US-born workers leaving the labor force while being replaced by foreign-born workers shows no signs of stopping.
According to AJ Anthony, an economist at the Heritage Foundation, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that net job growth in the U.S. last year can be attributed entirely to Workers born outside the United States attributed.
Immigration has fueled the highest US population growth in more than 2 decades
“1.1 million native-born Americans born less than a year ago are now working,” Anthony wrote in X. (A) All of the net job growth went to foreign-born workers, up almost 400,000 since November 23.
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In recent years, immigration has increased in the United States. A Recent analysis Congressional Budget Office data confirmed by The New York Times that the Biden administration has overseen the highest net immigration in US history, more than half of which is due to illegal immigration.
Fox News' Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.