The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report for July shows all job gains are going to native-born Americans rather than foreign workers, President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports.
In an interview with CNBC on Tuesday, Trump said the latest employment figures are a victory for Americans as the data shows foreign workers continuing to drop out of the labor market, opening jobs for working and lower-middle class Americans.
“That’s a great number, by the way, because it means we’re putting Americans to work,” Trump said about the jobs report.
DHS officials similarly said the jobs report reveals that all net job gains are going to native-born Americans — the opposite of what had occurred for years under former President
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