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Moving beyond the political theater, economic issues remain central. Recent data shows an unexpectedly strong jobs report—147,000 new jobs added in June—yet the deeper story reveals a significant shift: since Trump's second term began, over two million jobs have been created for native-born Americans, while the foreign-born workforce has declined by more than 540,000.
This decline in immigrant labor challenges the narrative that illegal immigration undercuts American workers. Instead, evidence suggests that restricting illegal immigration and implementing tariffs have raised wages for native workers, contributed to low inflation, and reinforced domestic manufacturing.