A common misconception about immigration is that immigrants are taking jobs from natural-born citizens. According to the Economic Policy Institute, “The share of prime-age U.S.-born individuals with a job is at its highest rate in more than two decades.” This is significant because it disproves the misconception that immigration hurts the hiring of natural-born citizens into the workforce. The Economic Policy Institute further states, “The labor market is absorbing immigrants while simultaneously maintaining record low unemployment rates, which goes against the rhetoric that immigrants take jobs.”
Redwood Bark
October 14, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a family of four needs an income of $96,865 a year to live a comfortable life in Provo.
Daily Mail
October 14, 2025
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered nearly $700 million in stolen wages for workers from 2021 to 2023, according to the Economic Policy Institute
The Cap Times
October 14, 2025
The TaxWatch report cites Economic Policy Institute data estimating that childcare for infants costs about $1,100 per month in Florida, while care for toddlers costs just under $800. For too many families, that cuts too deeply into their net wages to keep working.
Florida Trend
October 14, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute finds: the CEO to worker compensation ratio in 1965 was 20-1; in 2024, it was 281-1. Income inequality is increasing, while the “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts taxes for the wealthiest and large corporations, while taking away health care and nutrition for everyday Americans.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
October 14, 2025
But it’s unclear which federal funding sources and how much money would be on the line if districts don’t comply. Federal funding makes up 15.6% of district revenue in Kansas City, Kansas, Public Schools, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
KCUR public radio (Kansas City)
October 14, 2025
“The Trump administration previously said there are all these U.S. workers who are going to take these [agriculture] jobs,” said Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. “Now they’re saying it’s such a crisis because we’re deporting everybody and there’s not going to be any U.S. workers available, so we’re going to lower wages drastically and make it harder to recruit U.S. workers.”
The Washington Post
October 14, 2025
The new rule, called the “Adverse Effect Wage Rate Methodology for the Temporary Employment of H-2A Nonimmigrants in Non-Range Occupations in the United States,” says the wage in California for Skill Level One farmworkers will be $16.45 per hour. That’s a nickel below the state’s minimum wage this year. There is a higher Skill Level Two wage, of $18.71, but Daniel Costa, immigration director for the Economic Policy Institute, believes that “more than 90 percent of H-2A workers will get the lower wage.”
The Nation
October 14, 2025
Even before personnel cuts and the plan for more onerous terms for getting disability benefits, wait times for accessing disability benefits were far too long. According to the Economic Policy Institute, as of February 2025, the process averaged 236 days for decisions issued in the initial stage and 277 days for cases that were appealed. Over a million people are waiting on an appeal, with tens of thousands dying while awaiting a decision.
American Prospect
October 14, 2025