President Trump is threatening to impose new immigration restrictions over coronavirus. But these numbers show foreign-born workers are a large part of industries that are key to keeping the country afloat.
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President Trump is threatening to impose new immigration restrictions over coronavirus, even though the United States has more confirmed Covid-19 cases than anywhere else in the world. While details about Trump's plans remain unclear, we do know a lot about the role immigrants have been playing on the frontlines during the pandemic. Foreign-born workers make up about 17% of the US civilian labor force. But they're an even bigger part of the workforce in many jobs that are key to fighting the virus and keeping the country afloat, according to a recent analysis by the Migration Policy Institute.
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