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Trump’s Border Crackdown Hasn’t Boosted Jobs for US-Born Workers

Labor participation for those born in the US has dropped in recent months.
A worker uses a handheld wood brushing machine to clean reclaimed beams at a sawmill in Pine Plains, New York.Photographer: Angus Mordant/Bloomberg

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Advocates for stricter immigration laws have long argued that restricting the flow of foreign-born workers into the US should open up more jobs for Americans.