The latest jobs report showed payroll growth alongside an unemployment rate of 4.4%, the highest in four years.

The rise in unemployment included an increase in Black unemployment.

The data also reflected a shift in the composition of the workforce between native-born and foreign-born workers.

‘Jobs report BLOWS PAST EXPECTATIONS, defying hiring slowdown’ — with job gains going to native-born American workers.

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According to the report, the number of native-born workers increased by 676,000 in September, following a decline of 561,000 in August.

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During the same period, the number of foreign-born workers decreased by 70,000.

We know that Americans are still hurting from the 40-year high inflation caused by Joe Biden and the Democrats, but President Trump is making significant progress to fix it, and he won’t stop working until he solves it:

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— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) November 20, 2025

Month-to-month changes are affected by seasonal patterns, but the broader trend described in the employment data shows movement in workforce composition since the start of 2025.

A longer-term review of labor force figures shows that the foreign-born workforce declined from 33.7 million in March 2025 to 32.1 million in September, a decrease of 1.6 million.

During that same timeframe, the native-born workforce rose from 131.2 million to 133.2 million, marking an increase of two million and reaching a new recorded high.

Today’s jobs report shows that the Trump economic plan is working: 119,000 new jobs when economists thought we would only add 52,000.

Wages are continuing to outpace inflation and manufacturing hours are increasing. We’ve got a lot more work to do, but these are great signs. pic.twitter.com/brRQuyq1WU

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Before the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the foreign-born workforce was approximately 28.7 million.

Under the previous administration, that number increased by 4.5 million.

Over those same years, the number of native-born workers decreased.

Analysts at the time attributed the decline to demographic changes and labor participation trends.

The employment report’s data reflects workforce changes that have taken place since early 2025, when the number of native-born workers began rising again following several years of little movement.

The figures also reflect the decrease in foreign-born workers during the same period.

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