Cato refutes Trump claim that immigrants take ‘black jobs’

Published August 7, 2024 12:54pm ET



A prominent Washington think tank has refuted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s recent claim that immigrants who crossed the southern border under President Joe Biden are taking “black jobs.”

The libertarian Cato Institute told the Washington Examiner this week that there was no proof to support the former president’s claim. In addition, black employment is at its highest levels in history.

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