If the same share of U.S.-born men were in the labor force in 2023 as in 1960 there would be 9.5 million more U.S.-born men in the labor force. Even if the share returned to the 2000 level, it would still add 4.8 million men to the labor force.
On a more granular level, among construction and extraction occupations, the jobs with the highest overdose rates were roofers drywall installers and tapers and painters . That short-term skew is driven by business leaders and their lobbyists, who spend much money demanding the government provide them with more compliant and cheap migrant workers.For example, the business-backed American Business Immigration Council President Joe Biden in June to let governors fast-track foreigners into the jobs needed by Americans: