Immigration Rage Drowns Out US Labor Market’s Need for Workers

Businesses across the US have been making the same appeal for years: Let’s admit more immigrants to ease a severe labor shortage and fill jobs that Americans don’t want to do.

So as migrants poured over the southern border during pandemic-era upheaval, the influx might have seemed like a potential solution to a problem that by the end of this decade could lead to $1.75 trillion in unrealized economic output. All of a sudden big cities were filled with large numbers of people eager to work and start on building their own version of the American dream.

That’s not ...