Immigration Clamp Down Causing Labor Shortage

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Immigration Clamp Down Causing Labor Shortage

May 7, 2022 at 5:00 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 52 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2022/05/07/immigration-clamp-down-causing-labor-shortage/

"SNIP......

The U.S. is experiencing a labor shortage that’s partly fueled by a drop-off in immigration, which ground to a halt during the pandemic, the AP AP reports.

By some estimates, the U.S. now has 2 million fewer immigrants than it would have if the pace had stayed the same.

......SNIP"

Causes inflation too.

[Lovie777]

1. RWers . . .

job openings.

[Amishman]

2. This is an opportunity; working class is outraged at wages not growing as profits have

Mandatory profit sharing.

Mandatory all employee bonus program with a pool equal to all stock options, executive bonuses, and stock buybacks.

Force corporate America to share the fruits of the workers labor with those making it all possible

[Demsrule86]

4. You can't force companies to do profit sharing and wages are growing. Here in Ohio, we are

seeing the highest wages in years.

[Chainfire]

3. In my final years in construction work I learned an important lesson.

Employers want the immigrant labor, they just don't want anyone else to have it.