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Can Immigration Relieve the Country’s Labor Shortage?

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Can Immigration Relieve the Country’s Labor Shortage?
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Washington on May 9, 2019. Eva Hambache/AFP via Getty Images
Milton Ezrati
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America faces a labor shortage. Some 3 million job openings remain unfilled.

Milton Ezrati
Milton Ezrati
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Milton Ezrati is a contributing editor at The National Interest, an affiliate of the Center for the Study of Human Capital at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), and chief economist for Vested, a New York-based communications firm. Before joining Vested, he served as chief market strategist and economist for Lord, Abbett & Co. He also writes frequently for City Journal and blogs regularly for Forbes. His latest book is "Thirty Tomorrows: The Next Three Decades of Globalization, Demographics, and How We Will Live."
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