3 million workers are missing amid the labor shortage, and 2 million of them are immigrants who never came to the US because of Trump-era policies
American businesses are feeling the impact of the current labor shortage as they struggle to hire amid a record high wave of people quitting — and Trump-era immigration policies could be to blame.
Former President Donald Trump's administration was more restrictive to immigration than any other in recent history, making good on Trump's rhetoric antagonizing immigrants of color, specifically undocumented and Latinx immigrants. According to the Migration Policy Institute, the Trump administration undertook over 400 executive actions on immigration.
Construction, transportation and warehousing, accommodation and hospitality businesses, and personal service businesses like salons and dry cleaners are the four industries currently facing the worst labor shortages, the pro-immigration think tank New American EconomyAll four industries saw increases in job postings of more than 65 percent from 2019 to 2021, when comparing the period between May to July for those two years.
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