Since January 2025, the Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement. A key rationale for the policy is that it will open up jobs for Americans by reducing competition from undocumented immigrants.
The break even rate for unemployment is complicated and shifts arrive. Immigration, deaths, Labor force participation, who gets counted as employed or unemployed, etc all factor in.
Ballpark 150k is about 0.1% of employed Americans currently.
The break even rate for unemployment is complicated and shifts arrive. Immigration, deaths, Labor force participation, who gets counted as employed or unemployed, etc all factor in.
Ballpark 150k is about 0.1% of employed Americans currently.
They are fucking with the numbers though.