Posts claiming immigrants displacing US-born workers are misleading

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Social media posts say US economic figures show that employment gains are benefitting foreign-born people including 'illegal aliens' to the detriment of native-born Americans.

People enter and depart a career fair in November 2023 in Los Angeles, California Social media posts say US economic figures show that employment gains are benefitting foreign-born people including"illegal aliens" to the detriment of native-born Americans. This is misleading; the analysis fails to account for changing demographics, including retiring baby boomers, economists say, and a majority of the foreign-born workers are US citizens or legal residents.

Regardless, the Current Population Survey, conducted by the Census Bureau and BLS to collect this employment data, does not directly measure legal status.

 

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