Immigrants make America's labor market great. Today's jobs day report shows the Trump administration's economic and immigration policies are weakening our long-term economic growth. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/immigrants-make-the-labor-market-great/
New CAP analysis of the February 2026 employment report shows that President Trump’s promises to native-born workers have yet to materialize while reduced immigration is poised to have a negative effect overall on employment and wages in the long run. https://ampr.gs/4d7cxhb
Immigrants are a key source of labor supply growth but under Trump's extreme policies immigration fell by more than half! While the decline in immigration is only part of the story the latest data suggests the Trump admins policies are weakening long term labor market growth. ⇣
Extreme anti-immigration policies are not delivering for native-born workers as the administration touts with native-born employment indicators continuing to stagnate or show up worse than forecasted trends
New jobs day analysis from @saraestep.bsky.social and me on the latest labor market data and how Trump's immigration policies are not delivering for native-born workers and hurting the overall health of the labor market #numbersday #econsky ⇣ www.americanprogress.org/article/immi...
Have you seen these claims from the Trump admin saying US-born workers gained 2.5M jobs in 2025?
Well, they were wrong—updated population estimates released today knocked native-born employment by 2.5M.
When the only labor market growth is in healthcare, and then those workers go on strike, this is what you get. You can’t have an entire labor market that only grows in one sector and thinks it's resilient!
a graph of year-on-year change in US Blue Collar Employment
The US continues losing blue-collar jobs—year-on-year job losses have hit 238k as manufacturing, transportation, & mining industries lose jobs at a rapid pace, while growth in construction remains low
In every Republican presidency of my lifetime there's been a recession and a new war in the Middle East.
How does recent growth compare to recent years?
Economy added just 0.16 million jobs over 12 months to Feb 2026.
Job growth stopped.
Between the decline in employment in February and the downward revision to December, job growth has now effectively slowed to zero. #numbersday
Keep an eye out for an upcoming piece from @saraestep.bsky.social and me that explains this trend more!
BLS #jobsreport flip flops to large job loss in Feb after Jan surge:
-Payroll employment shrank 92k, much worse than expected
-Dec revised down from +48k to -17k, Jan from +130k to +126k
-Unemp ticks back up to 4.4% from 4.3% in Jan
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CAP's expert, Greta Bedekovics, answers the most googled questions about the anti-voter SAVE Act and the SAVE America Act.
The difference between Trump's view from the podium and real Americans' views from the ground have never been more stark.
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MUST WATCH: Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) IGNORES this Wisconsin teacher's concerns about rising costs and the impact Trump's tariffs have on his community.
Tonight, President Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term. Make sure you have the facts before his speech: https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-to-read-before-the-2026-state-of-the-union/
More than *all* of the jobs added over the last year have been in private education & health services.
Total jobs: 359K
Private education & health services: 773K
All other sectors: -414K
This might look surprisingly unbalanced. It's actually the opposite.
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Graphic with an orange background showing a hand holding a plastic grocery bag filled with produce, eggs, meat, and milk. Each item has a "$$$$" price tag. Text reads: "Stop the sticker shock. CAP has a plan to give families relief at the grocery store."
From fruit to meat, prices have spiked at the grocery store, making it harder for American families to afford their essential groceries.
Today, we announced our plan to lower prices with a "Go-To Grocery List" of food price caps. Learn more: https://ampr.gs/4kPwafQ
These cats have had enough of grocery stores' greed.
New @npwf.bsky.social analysis of today's union data shows that after years of progress, Black women’s union gains declined in 2025 under Trump #1u #unionstrong nationalpartnership.org/after-years-...
"Flores came to Louisiana decades ago, to help rebuild after Hurricane Katrina."
“Immigrant labor has literally developed Louisiana’s seafood industry,” Green said, referring to the Croatian, Isleño, Acadian and Vietnamese immigrants who settled the state’s coast.
A few charts on these benchmark revisions. Starting with the big picture: These revisions dramatically lower the rate of job growth over the past two years. In total, payroll employment is more than 1 million jobs lower than previously reported. #NumbersDay
Black women bore the brunt of the economic slowdown in 2025, suffering far greater employment losses than other groups of women or Black men.
The largest losses among Black women were college graduates and public-sector workers. Read the latest analysis from EPI's Valerie Wilson 👇
Check out my latest take on the jobs day data! #econsky
CBPP's @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social provides insight and analysis on the January jobs numbers released today, with a focus on the latest unemployment data for Black workers.
"...the gap b/t groups has ⬆️, w/ inequality of wage growth b/t college-educated & working class growing to levels we haven’t seen since the recovery from the global financial crisis. Perhaps this inequality is one of the underlying reasons consumer sentiment has ⬇️ over the past year."
Today's Jobs Report reveals blue-collar industries are struggling in Trump's economy. Additionally, working-class people made up less than a quarter of total job growth in Trump's first year. Check out the latest analysis from @saraestep.bsky.social and me ⇣
www.americanprogress.org/article/work...
