Want to solve America's labor shortage? Hire immigrants and foreigners

Posted on AllSides October 24th, 2021
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Mike Di Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
OPINION

The U.S. war on immigrants is worsening the labor shortage.

But some Americans would rather destroy the supply chain and shutter industries than admit it – and do something about it.

Evidence of scarce workers is everywhere. Shipping containers remained unopened from Los Angeles to Georgia. Restaurants, hotels, trucking and other industries are begging for workers.

The Wall Street Journal reports that “employers are struggling to fill more than 10 million job openings and meet soaring consumer demand.”

Industries hardest hit by a record number of workers quitting include manufacturing, retail, trade, transportation and utilities. And those workers...

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