Immigrants lead the number of jobs added to the economy since 2019
A report from the Center for Immigration Studies revealed that since Joe Biden took office as president, 3.2 million foreign-born workers and only 971,000 Native American citizens have been hired.
A report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CEI) revealed that the majority of jobs that have been added to the country's economy since 2019 - when Joe Biden took office as president - have been for foreign-born workers.
According to the CEI study, immigrants - both legal and illegal - are those who have been employed the most in the last five years. The analysis highlights how - since May 2019 - 971,000 jobs have been occupied by citizens born in the US, compared to 3.2 million for workers born abroad :
The deterioration of the labor participation rate
The labor force participation rate has fallen to its lowest point for men who are "in their prime working years" (ages 25-54):
"There is a significant literature showing that being out of the workforce is associated with social pathologies such as crime, social isolation, overdose deaths, and welfare dependency," the report notes.