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by alborzb 684 days ago
Let's set the record straight. Here's an article that is well cited, with sources all linked within, from the Economic Policy Institute.

https://www.epi.org/blog/immigrants-are-not-hurting-u-s-born...

>>1) The unemployment rate for U.S.-born workers is the lowest rate on record ( 3.6% )

>>2) The rate of U.S.-born individuals aged 25–54 with a job is at its highest rate in more than two decades

>>3) Immigrants only make up 18.6% of the labor force.

By any metric you look at , it become obviously clear that immigration is not causing high unemployment among U.S.-born workers.