Biden tenure draws to close with lower employment growth among American-born than foreign-born

Donald Trump's decisive win in the November election was attributed in significant part to voters' concerns about the economy, and recent data on the state of employment in America seems to vindicate the outcome.

As the Daily Caller reports, Federal Reserve data has revealed that employment growth among native-born Americans is still lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, but jobs among foreign-born workers have showed notable rises.

Alarming data revealed

According to the aforementioned data release, job growth among native-born Americans lags pre-pandemic numbers by more than 700,000, while roles occupied by foreign-born individuals have risen steadily since late 2019.

Though the workforce overall has reached record volume in the past several years, those gains have been attributable in large part to rises in foreign-born employment.

Even so, the White House continues to tout President Joe Biden's record on job creation, saying last month, “Over 1.6 million construction and manufacturing jobs have been created under President Biden. His economic plan is creating good-paying jobs for American workers.”

As the Daily Caller notes, the conflicting narratives come at a time of heated debate over the use of the H-1B visa program, which some believe disadvantages American workers by allowing influxes of “high-skilled” foreign workers to accept positions in the U.S.

Discussion of the program has grown so fraught that it has driven a wedge between MAGA loyalists such as Steve Bannon on one side and Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on the other, with Trump attempting to strike a careful balane as he heads back to the White House.

Damning verdict on Biden

Despite the White House's attempt to spin the president's record on the economy, the American people seem to have rendered a less-than-glowing verdict as his term in office draws to an end.

As The Hill reports, a recent Associated Press-NORC survey revealed that just one-quarter of Americans rated Biden a “good” or “great” president.

Those numbers place Biden in a worse position than Trump found himself at the end of his first term.

Even worse, roughly 47% deemed Biden a “poor” or “terrible” president, with only 28% giving him an “average” ranking.

A separate poll from Gallup indicated that more of those surveyed offered a negative view of Biden's tenure than a positive one, with 54% labeling him “poor” or “below average” at his job, but whether those judgements will soften with the passage of time is something that remains to be seen.