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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org

Trump's war on immigrants is not generating jobs for US-born workers Compared to last year, prime-age employment rates of US-born workers are pretty similar and may be lower

Line plot showing 2024 and 2025 prime-age employment rates by month. The title of the plot is
aug 18, 2025, 2:31 pm • 400 112

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Libraryanna @libraryanna.bsky.social

They don’t want and can’t do the jobs.

aug 18, 2025, 5:32 pm • 0 0 • view
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Esme 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @theesmeeffect.bsky.social

If Trump is involved it's good for him and bad for at least 300 million people

aug 18, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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CardOfTheDay @eleveneleven11.bsky.social

This is still Biden's mess. The Trump admin is changing H1b rules as we speak, whereas Democrats pretend to care about immigrants as long as they are cheap & unprotected. H1b abuse eliminates jobs, housing & destroys economies. Gavin Newsom vetoes migrant's labor rights every time.

aug 18, 2025, 6:00 pm • 1 0 • view
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Mike Wilson anonymous low-level loser @mkwilson27.bsky.social

Removing immigrant workers reduces economic activity and will increase unemployment.

aug 18, 2025, 4:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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Notaboomer 🫩 @notaboomer.bsky.social

Epstein and T***p were all about jobs for USians

aug 18, 2025, 2:40 pm • 1 0 • view
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joedmills2.bsky.social @joedmills2.bsky.social

Employment’s hitting the Trump slump

aug 18, 2025, 4:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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CJ the Awkward @awkwardleftycj.bsky.social

I mean, duh. One main reason people hire immigrants is that they can get away with paying them less than minimum wage (which, by the way, shouldn't be the case!). It's a lot cheaper to ship jobs overseas than give them to US citizens. Immigrants have actually helped keep more jobs in America.

aug 19, 2025, 2:13 am • 1 0 • view
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tshenkman.bsky.social @tshenkman.bsky.social

Anything Trump touches is destroyed

aug 18, 2025, 4:06 pm • 0 0 • view
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emilfaber.bsky.social @emilfaber.bsky.social

The people being deported aren't spending any money in the economy any longer nor are they helping businesses make money.

aug 18, 2025, 4:38 pm • 3 0 • view
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The Gruntled Scientist @gruntledscientist.bsky.social

Who could’ve guessed this approach wouldn’t work? Ron Howard: everyone with more than two Wal-Mart bags and marble rattling around their heads.

aug 18, 2025, 4:42 pm • 3 0 • view
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Liberty and Justice for All @libertyjustice.bsky.social

Immigrants do the jobs no US born workers want to do. When was the last time you saw a MAGA cutting veggies in the blazing 100 degree hot sun?

aug 18, 2025, 4:50 pm • 0 0 • view
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lakecounty1975 @lakecounty1975.bsky.social

Yeah...people aren't relocating to be dishwashers, construction workers and vegetable pickers. An opening in Texas doesn't really help the unemployed in Massachusetts.

aug 18, 2025, 4:12 pm • 8 0 • view
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JaneCalamity @systemofadowner.bsky.social

US born workers just don’t want to work anymore

aug 18, 2025, 4:20 pm • 0 0 • view
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The Price of Eggs @cr0wnd0wn.bsky.social

a parody of a Home Depot ad with vector images of Day Laborers looking for work under the store sign over their slogan reading “How doers get more done”
aug 18, 2025, 8:51 pm • 0 0 • view
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Lee Meade @leemeade.bsky.social

That was always a lie. Trump hates Brown people almost as much as Vice Führer Stephen Miller. It’s about that.

aug 18, 2025, 7:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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⛧ Taurtastic 💚 🔞 @sushimi.selfcest.love

What happened in June of 2024 to cause that dip?

aug 18, 2025, 7:16 pm • 0 0 • view
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123simco.bsky.social @123simco.bsky.social

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aug 18, 2025, 4:03 pm • 3 0 • view