A new Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report released Tuesday shows that native-born Americans have claimed all net job growth in recent months, while employment for foreign-born workers continues to decline. The shift marks a dramatic reversal from the Biden-era trend, which saw the majority of job gains going to foreign-born labor.
According to the data, every new job created under President Trump’s current term has gone to native-born Americans in the private sector. The Trump administration’s labor policies appear to be focusing job growth away from migrants and back toward U.S.-born citizens. This pattern stands in stark contrast to the years 2021 through 2024, when the Biden administration expanded the labor pool by flooding the workforce with millions of newly arrived foreign-born workers.
“Under the Biden administration, most job growth came from government jobs and foreign labor. Now, with President Trump at the helm, every single job created has been in the PRIVATE SECTOR for NATIVE-BORN AMERICANS,” the Labor Department stated in an official release.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reaffirmed this direction, stating that since President Trump returned to office, 100% of the job growth has occurred in the private sector and exclusively among native-born Americans.
Economist E.J. Antoni provided supporting data, highlighting that native-born American employment increased by 2.6 million over the past year. In contrast, the number of employed foreign-born workers has slightly declined. Antoni also noted that the November jobs report reflects the strongest month on record for job growth among native-born Americans.
During President Biden’s time in office, research from the Center for Immigration Studies found that migrants gained over 4.7 million jobs, while native-born American employment grew by just 645,000. This translates to Biden-era economic policies producing more than seven migrant jobs for every one job gained by an American citizen.
With the new administration’s shift in labor policy, native-born Americans are now the sole beneficiaries of national employment growth.
