Beyond the “Black Jobs” Controversy: Immigrants and U.S.-Born Black Workers Share a Growing Jobs Pie

A few weeks ago, former President Trump said that immigrants were taking “black jobs,” a comment that drew criticism.    Analysis from the Migration Policy Institute released today “takes on the question of whether immigrants are displacing U.S.-born Black workers, finding that the perception of displacement is not borne out by the data.

While immigrants represent a growing share of the U.S. workforce and have expanded their presence across industries, Migration Policy Institute (MPI) Senior Policy Analyst Valerie Lacarte demonstrates that U.S.-born Black workers have maintained their share of a prime-age labor market even as it has expanded substantially.”

KJ