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Native American men are fleeing the workforce in large numbers as part of a decades-long trend that matches increase in immigrationAccording to a new analysis, alarm bells are ringing on this issue.
Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released a search Showing working age (16 to 64 years) this week, the share of US-born men not participating in the labor force has increased since the 1960s, from those who were neither working nor out of work in April 1960 The number of searches has increased from 11.3% to 22.1% in April. Of this year.
The share of US-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)
CIS detailed its findings in a blog post, saying, “This is relevant to the immigration debate because one of the arguments for allowing so many legal immigrants or even tolerating illegal immigration is that enough There are no workers.” “But this ignores the huge growth not just in the labor force but in the number of working-age people.
“Furthermore, being out of the labor force is associated with profound social problems crimes likeexcessive deaths, and welfare dependency,” the authors wrote. “Policy-makers should consider encouraging work among the millions of people on the economic fringes rather than ignoring the problem by bringing in more and more immigrants.”
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The report says the total number of US-born men and women of working age who are not included in labor force 43 million by April 2024, an increase of 8.5 million since 2000.
According to the data, the number of US-born working-age men not joining the labor force increased by 13.2 million from 1960 to 2024. Over the same time period, the number of working-age immigrant men participating in the labor force increased. 14.1 million.
Migrants take part in a caravan heading towards the US border in Tapachula, Chiapas state, Mexico, on October 31, 2023. (Isaac Guzman/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
The trend of American-born workers leaving the workforce and being replaced by foreign-born workers shows no signs of stopping.
According to EJ Antony, economist at The Heritage Foundation, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that much of the net job growth in the US last year can be entirely attributed to workers born outside the US.
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“There are now 1.1 million fewer native-born Americans employed than a year ago,” Antoine wrote on X.
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Immigration to the US has increased in recent years. A recent analysis Data from the Congressional Budget Office confirmed by the New York Times that the Biden administration has seen the highest net immigration numbers in US history, more than half of which is due to illegal immigration.
Fox News’ Gabriel Hayes contributed to this report.
