
American Men Losing Jobs as Foreign-Born Employment Levels Surge
Published on September 13, 2024
Immigration to the United States—both legal and illegal—has soared over the past few years, and the influx of newcomers is altering the state of the national labor market. Since late 2019, there has been a divergence between U.S.- and foreign-born employment levels, with the gap widening over the past year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the number of employed foreign-born workers increased by 1.24 million from August 2023 to August 2024. By comparison, the number of employed U.S.-born workers fell by 1.32 million in the same time span. When broken down by gender, American men have been casualties of the downward employment trend in native-born workers in recent years....
