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BLS‑cited figures claim large net employment gains for native‑born and losses for foreign‑born workers in 2025

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Bureau of Labor Statistics (or similar official sources) confirm the specified employment and labor‑force changes for native‑born and foreign‑born workers between January and December 2025.

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The White House article credits President Trump’s 2025 mass deportation and immigration-enforcement actions with improving housing affordability, raising wages in some blue-collar industries, increasing native-born employment, and reducing several categories of violent crime. It cites specific statistics and selected city-level examples (Washington, D.C.; Chicago; Memphis; New Orleans) to argue these outcomes are the result of the administration’s policies. The piece frames these changes as delivering on an "America First" agenda and criticizes Democrats who, it says, oppose the measures.
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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Population Survey series LNU02073413 shows native-born employment rising from 130,573,000 in January 2025 to 132,608,000 in December 2025, an increase of about 2.0 million. Series LNU02073395 shows foreign-born employment falling from 31,774,000 to 31,112,000 over the same period, a loss of 662,000. Labor force series LNU01073413 and LNU01073395 show the native-born labor force rising by 1.79 million (from 136,507,000 to 138,297,000) and the foreign-born labor force declining by 881,000 (from 33,307,000 to 32,426,000), respectively. Verdict: True, because the official BLS data by nativity for January–December 2025 match the employment and labor-force changes in the claim to within normal rounding.

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  1. Update · Jan 15, 2026, 05:26 AMTrue
    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Population Survey series LNU02073413 shows native-born employment rising from 130,573,000 in January 2025 to 132,608,000 in December 2025, an increase of about 2.0 million. Series LNU02073395 shows foreign-born employment falling from 31,774,000 to 31,112,000 over the same period, a loss of 662,000. Labor force series LNU01073413 and LNU01073395 show the native-born labor force rising by 1.79 million (from 136,507,000 to 138,297,000) and the foreign-born labor force declining by 881,000 (from 33,307,000 to 32,426,000), respectively. Verdict: True, because the official BLS data by nativity for January–December 2025 match the employment and labor-force changes in the claim to within normal rounding.
  2. Original article · Jan 14, 2026
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