Trying to nail down Joe Biden or Kamala Harris on the number of jobs they’ve “created” — the government does not create jobs; it can create economic conditions that can lead to job creation or job losses — during the last disastrous three-and-a-half years is like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall.
However. the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) jobs report for August, released on Friday, exposed far more troubling data and trends than the Biden-Harris administration would admit in a proverbial million years.
Not only does it appear that the country is still shedding full-time jobs while adding part-time gigs, which usually lack the benefits many families rely upon, but hundreds of thousands of foreign-born workers are securing gainful employment while millions of native-born Americans are losing jobs.
According the report, the U.S. under the Biden-Harris administration added 142,000 nonfarm payroll jobs last month — roughly 20,000 short of what the economists polled by Reuters expected to see.
The unemployment rate, 4.2%, and the number of unemployed people, 7.1 million, were both apparently higher this year than they were last year (3.8% and 6.3 million, respectively.)
The BLS defines foreign-born workers as “people who reside in the United States but who were not U.S. citizens at birth,” which includes legally admitted immigrants, refugees, temporary residents, and illegal aliens.
Foreign-born workers accounted for 18.6 percent of the civilian labor force, as contrasted with 2020, when 17 percent of the labor force was foreign-born.
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The BLS news was not lost on Donald Trump, who on Friday said:
They’re really bad. You had numbers that are shocking. Native-born Americans — we lost 1.3 million jobs, while foreign-born Americans were able to take all of those jobs. So, foreign is coming in — largely illegally — took the jobs of native-born Americans, and I’ve been telling you that’s what’s going to happen.
Note: As I wrote, above, the BLS report defined “foreign-born workers” beyond “foreign-born Americans“ — including illegal aliens:
President Trump addresses the jobs report: “You had numbers that are SHOCKING. Native-born Americans, we lost 1.3 Million jobs, while foreign-born Americans were able to take all of those jobs. So, foreign is coming in, largely illegally — took the jobs of native-born Americans.” pic.twitter.com/0SzRDY86fZ
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 6, 2024
Republican Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) also weighed in on the BLS report, with thoughts similar to those of Trump:
This disastrous report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows what Americans have known for years: illegal immigration drives down the wages and jobs of American citizens, pushing out struggling families.
Statistics show that all of the job growth Kamala Harris and Joe Biden’s claim to have created has not been for American citizens.
It has entirely gone to illegal immigrants whom they have imported at great harm to our country.It appears that the primary beneficiaries of the Biden-Harris economy are illegal aliens. The ones shouldering the burden of their suppressed wages, inflated cost of living, and migrant crime are the American people.
This is the most disastrous presidency of the last 50 years, a great betrayal of our nation.
Not to nitpick with Sen. Lee, but a strong argument can be made that the Biden presidency is the worst in American history.
This disastrous report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows what Americans have known for years: illegal immigration drives down the wages and jobs of American citizens, pushing out struggling families.
Statistics show that all of the job growth Kamala Harris and Joe… pic.twitter.com/F9OYp2DP22
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) August 21, 2024
Here’s the overall big deal, encapsulated in the August data, alone: The jobs report showed that around 438,000 full-time jobs were lost last month while 527,000 part-time jobs were added.
Bidenomics: Destroying the American job market, one month at a time.
