Trump immigration policy may be shrinking labor force, economists say

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Evidence suggests Trump administration immigration policies are shrinking the size of the immigrant labor force, and the broader U.S. labor pool in recent months, according to economists CNBC spoke with and research notes on the topic.
If sustained, which isn’t assured, it could pose challenges for the U.S. economy, those experts said.
The U.S. will increasingly rely on immigration into the future to grow the national population and labor force, given demographic trends.

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