The nation’s unemployment rate is at a 49-year low and wages are finally rising after years of stagnation. But President Trump is handling the tight labor market by restricting immigration laws, not loosening them as previous administrations have done.

He’s effectively conducting an economic experiment: Will the problem of a tight labor market solve itself by forcing wages higher or will the lack of new workers hobble that growth?

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