The mainstream media was predictably quick to denounce the labor market as weak according to November’s jobs report, but the talking heads are simply wrong. That alleged weakness is almost entirely confined to government bureaucrats and foreign workers, while private industry is employing more Americans.

These latest data were delayed because of the Democrat-imposed government shutdown, but nevertheless paint a very clear picture: the Trump administration is making good on its promise to right-size government and “reprivatize” the economy, as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has put it.

This was the best November ever for employment among native-born Americans, up more than 2.6 million over the last 12 months and setting a record, albeit on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. Conversely, the number of foreign-born workers with jobs declined over this period by 21,000.

This means that all the net job growth over the last year has gone to American workers, not their foreign-born counterparts. It’s a stark contrast to November 2024 when Joe Biden was president and native-born Americans saw an annual loss of almost 1.1 million jobs. During those 12 months, all net job growth went to foreign-born workers.

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