FAIR SAYS BLS DATA DEBUNK ‘LABOR SHORTAGE’—BACKS TRUMP DEPORTATION PUSH

FAIR argues that stepped-up immigration enforcement will not harm the U.S. economy, citing BLS data it says show a surplus of domestic labor in hospitality, construction, and agriculture. The piece highlights roughly 900,000 jobseekers in hospitality and 523,000 unemployed in construction versus fewer openings, contending claims of labor shortages are overstated. It endorses Trump-era enforcement and funding increases, warning that easing deportations would let corporations undercut American workers with cheaper foreign labor. The article is advocacy-driven but uses official statistics, sitting within a broader 2025 debate over enforcement’s economic impact.