Foreign-born hiring growing as fast as native-born hiring is falling: BLS

Immigration to the U.S., whether legal or illegal, has increased dramatically over the last few years. The influx is changing the state of the labor market.

Since the end of 2019, the American- and foreign-born employment levels have diverged, with the gap widening over the last year, The Epoch Times reported.

Figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the number of foreign-born workers increased by 1.24 million between Aug. 2023 and Aug. 2024. In comparison, the number of American-born workers fell by 1.32 million during that period.

Broken down by sex, American males have been hit hardest. For the 12-month period ending in August, the number of American-born male workers fell by 1.15 million. By contrast, the number of American-born women workers fell by only 165,000.

At the same time, foreign-born male workers gained 695,000 jobs, and foreign-born female workers gained 546,000 jobs.