“What do you make of the data that shows the lion’s share of new [net] jobs created in recent years being from those who are foreign-born?”
~ Kevin H.
A lot of it has to do with the fact that baby boomers are the ones of age who are leaving the workforce for retirement, and those who were born 60, 65, and 70 years ago were, at that time, almost entirely native-born in our country. Therefore, the percentage of the population at birth 65 years ago was so little in the foreign-born category that the net labor force number now is disproportionately benefiting from immigration, while boomers pull the net number down (that is, boomers who were predominantly native-born). There are other factors, too, marginally, but this is far and away the largest contributor to the current data.
~ David L. Bahnsen, July 1, 2024