Source: CounterPunch
by Dean Baker
“I can’t believe we have to debate some things, but with Trump you never know how ridiculous the discussion can get. The Washington Post tells us that the Trump administration is boasting about the huge surge in native-born Americans who are now working thanks to his policy of beating up on immigrants. The boast tells us more about their ignorance of government data than the success of their policy. … Since the total size of the population is fixed by the population controls, the size of the native-born population in these estimates will automatically increase if fewer immigrants answer the survey. That is what we are finding in 2025.” (08/20/25)