Jobs News Immigration Is Great For Jobs, Actually

We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like

If we have sustainable employment growth combined with a low unemployment rate, it tells us that the labor market is healthy: When the number of new jobs created is roughly in sync with the number of ... Read More

Trump's immigration crackdown threatens America's job market and ability to recruit foreign talent

Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her ... Read More

Will the Trump administration's $100,000 H-1B fee help Americans get jobs?

The Trump administration says the new $100,000 fee for foreign employees to obtain an H-1B visa will spur companies to hire Americans instead of bringing in labor from overseas. Yet many economists ... Read More

Mounting Deportations Meet Slow Hiring in a ‘Curious Kind of Balance’

An influx of immigrants helped ease worker shortages, and now their expulsion is helping to mask the country’s weakening demand for labor. Cesar Zapata, who owns four restaurants in Miami, said that ... Read More

Health care employment growth clouded by immigration crackdown and Medicaid cuts

Health care added about 232,000 jobs Jan–Aug 2025, driving 48% of national employment gains. Immigration crackdowns threaten supply of foreign-born clinicians and home health aides nationwide. Read More