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Trump's Jobs Reversal: Native-Born Americans Gain as Foreign-Born Employment Plummets

"Before America can rebuild a middle-class economy, it has to decide who that economy is actually supposed to serve."

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Kyle Becker
Aug 10, 2026
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Major economic problems are still hanging over Trump as the country heads toward the midterms.

The affordability crisis hasn’t gone away. The Iran war is creating more uncertainty. The H-1B mess has frustrated parts of Trump’s own base. Economic growth isn’t exactly roaring, and the latest jobs report wasn’t anything to brag about.

But underneath those headlines, something pretty significant is happening: Americans are gaining jobs while foreign-born workers are losing them.

And almost nobody is talking about it.

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