The illegal immigration crisis is being blamed for a decline in the participation of American-born in the U.S. workforce.
The Center for Immigration Studies shared a study this week that showed the share of working-age (16 to 64), American.-born men who are not participating in the workforce has soared since the 1960s, from 11.3% who were either not working or looking for work in April 1960 to a whopping 22.1% in April of this year., Fox News reported.
“This is relevant to the immigration debate because one of the arguments for allowing in so many legal immigrants, or even tolerating illegal immigration, is that there are not enough workers,” the group said in a post along with its findings. “But this ignores the enormous increase in the number of working-age people not in the labor force.
“Further, being out of the labor force is associated with profound social problems such as crime, overdose deaths, and welfare dependency,” it said. “Policy-makers should consider encouraging work among the millions on the economic sidelines rather than ignoring the problem by bringing in ever more immigrants.”
From 1960 – 2024 the number of American-born men who are not participating in the workforce increased by 13.2 million, the study said.
At the same time the number of immigrant men who have joined the workforce has increased by 14.1 million, it said.
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