The Attitude with Arnie Arnesen
opening thoughts:
'It infuriates us': Veterans rage at 'abusive' Trump over reports of him stiffing soldiers
Prices are going to go up not just from tariffs but from this:
1.2 million immigrants are gone from the US labor force under Trump, preliminary data shows
As parades and other events celebrating the contributions of workers in the U.S. are held Monday for the Labor Day holiday, experts say President Donald Trump’s stepped-up immigration policies are impacting the nation’s labor force. More than 1.2 million immigrants disappeared from the labor force from January through the end of July, according to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center. That includes people who are in the country illegally as well as legal residents.
Immigrants make up almost 20% of the U.S. workforce and that data shows 45% of workers in farming, fishing and forestry are immigrants, according to Pew senior researcher Stephanie Kramer. About 30% of all construction workers are immigrants and 24% of service workers are immigrants, she added.
...Pia Orrenius, a labor economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, said immigrants normally contribute at least 50% of job growth in the U.S.
“The influx across the border from what we can tell is essentially stopped, and that’s where we were getting millions and millions of migrants over the last four years,” she said. “That has had a huge impact on the ability to create jobs.”
Part One: Nitish Pahwa is a staff writer for business and tech at Slate.
part two: we were at the rally in Concord NH on Labor Day and captured their speeches...Bernie and Ro speak and inspire...take a listen
Bernie Sanders, activists speak to thousands on Labor Day to fight against Trump administration