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America's labor shortage is actually an immigrant shortage
Cbsnews ^ | 04/08/2022 | IRINA IVANOVA

Posted on 04/08/2022 6:11:12 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

U.S. employers say it's a hard time to find and keep talent. Workers are decamping at near-record rates, while millions of open jobs go unfilled. One reason for this labor crunch that has largely flown beneath the radar: Immigration to the U.S. is plummeting, a shift with potentially enormous long-term implications for the job market.

In the middle of the last decade, the U.S. was adding about 1 million immigrants a year. But those numbers, which slowed down during the Trump administration, hit a brick wall when COVID-19 erupted in 2020.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Mexico; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; americas; cheaplaborexpress; corporatewelfare; h1b; hireamerican; illegals; immigrant; immigration; irinaivanova; labor; shortage
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You're going to get 500,000 a month starting in May so...
1 posted on 04/08/2022 6:11:12 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Republicans want to pass amnesty before we can stop them.


2 posted on 04/08/2022 6:13:40 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Said it before. Will say it again:

America needs a twenty year moratorium on all immigration. From everywhere.

There are millions, perhaps tens of millions here already who have not assimilated, and are making little discernible efforts to assimilate.


3 posted on 04/08/2022 6:14:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yep.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4053350/posts


4 posted on 04/08/2022 6:15:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yeah, sure. Meanwhile the jobless/homeless problem is skyrocketing.


5 posted on 04/08/2022 6:16:17 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Shut down all Imigration for 5 years.

We just have a people don’t want to work shortage.


6 posted on 04/08/2022 6:21:37 PM PDT by Adder (Proud member of the FJBLGB community: /s is implied where applicable.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Quit paying people to not work.


7 posted on 04/08/2022 6:27:21 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There will be several busloads arriving in Washington, D.C. from Texas shortly.


8 posted on 04/08/2022 6:27:26 PM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Immigrant Shortage?? Abolish WELFARE and call me in 6 months


9 posted on 04/08/2022 6:36:31 PM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I grew up in the 1960s and the country got along fine without massive immigration.


10 posted on 04/08/2022 6:37:38 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I always seem to find the stores open and staffed during typical business hours.

In my area, restaurant seating capacity is the limiting factor.


11 posted on 04/08/2022 6:43:00 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Immigrant shortage? Instead of massive immigration, maybe we should encourage “Heritage Americans” to start having families.


12 posted on 04/08/2022 6:44:43 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

So says IRINA IVANOVA, Russian disinformation?


13 posted on 04/08/2022 6:47:41 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is CBS living under a rock? They need to come to Houston. The city is just packed with illegal aliens and nobody speaks English here. I mean they do not understand a word of it.


14 posted on 04/08/2022 6:49:37 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: BenLurkin

At this point I’d make it 50 years.

There’s only one goal of immigration today, and it’s to
divide and conquer.


15 posted on 04/08/2022 7:00:43 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Leftists and their media propaganda want to destroy this country.


16 posted on 04/08/2022 7:18:44 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No, no, no!!!

Our labor problem is that our “safety net” is too generous and there is no incentive to work for too many.

That is also why we are flooded with illegals. They are not coming for the American dream. They are coming for the American dollar they will receive for contributing nothing.


17 posted on 04/08/2022 7:33:22 PM PDT by elpadre (And here in NCini)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Legal immigration to the US is plummeting while illegal immigration is skyrocketing. Why go to the time and trouble of coming here legally when it is so most much easier to come here illegally? Plus, if you come here illegally, you don’t have to pay taxes.


18 posted on 04/08/2022 7:34:06 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (Dementia Joe is Not My President)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If the Democrats had not overseen the murder (ala abortions) of over 60 million babies since Roe vs. Wade, there would be no shortage of workers or consumers in America.

Currently, there is no shortage of immigrants in the U. S. A.
CBS is only talking about legal immigrants. On behalf of the Democrat party, they are ignoring the illegal immigrants. How convenient of the fake news organizations.

Any nation that fails to protect its borders cannot sustain itself. The state of affairs in America is proving this everyday.


19 posted on 04/08/2022 7:37:10 PM PDT by Saltmeat (69)
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To: BenLurkin

Time to assimilate them like NK.


20 posted on 04/08/2022 7:39:43 PM PDT by mcshot (Awe shucks and a whole lot more!)
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