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The one thing MAGA nativists get right

Workers install roofing for a new home under construction in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Monday, June 29, 2026. | Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump blames immigrants for virtually every problem in American economic life. In the president’s telling, the undocumented have been taking American-born citizens’ jobs, lowering their wages, driving up their costs, and bankrupting their welfare programs. These claims are largely false. Most studies suggest that immigrants do not typically reduce wages or job opportunities for the American-born — and actually pay more in...