Do immigrants crossing the US southern border take union jobs? Fact-checking Donald Trump

Do immigrants crossing the US southern border take union jobs? Fact-checking Donald Trump

Assembly line worker Ryan Pontillo attaches an LG battery to a 2023 Chevrolet Bolt EV at the General Motors Orion Assembly, June 15, 2023, in Lake Orion, Mich. (AP) Economy and labor experts told PolitiFact immigrants who recently crossed the U.S. border likely aren’t taking Michigan’s union jobs.

Instead, newly arrived migrants are likelier to work in jobs Americans don’t want to do, such as day laborer positions. These aren’t union jobs.

There is a correlation between an increase in immigration and a drop in unionization. However, experts said that’s not evidence that immigrants are taking […]

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