Census‑based tabulations (via Jason Richwine) show only 5 of 525 U.S. civilian occupations are majority immigrant, and just one exceeds 60%. Many jobs often perceived as 'immigrant work'—maids, construction laborers, home health aides, landscaping, janitors—are majority native‑born.
— This challenges the common 'immigrants do the jobs Americans won’t' narrative and reframes complementary gains from low‑skill immigration as limited by natives’ strong presence in these roles.
Jack Kubinec
2026.01.16
60% relevant
The post asserts migrants are essential to late‑night food economies; that relates to the existing claim which quantifies how many occupations are actually majority‑immigrant—useful context for testing the article’s empirical claim about who does urban service work (actor: migrant food couriers; evidence: occupation shares).
Tyler Cowen
2026.01.11
72% relevant
Both pieces interrogate common narratives about low‑skilled migration. Cowen/GPT’s synthesis emphasises that net national welfare effects are small while harms concentrate on some low‑skilled workers and localities—an empirical nuance that complements the existing idea showing many occupations are majority native and that simple 'immigrants do jobs Americans won't' frames are misleading.
Steve Sailer
2025.12.31
72% relevant
Sailer’s argument that immigration harms native workers and that elites benefit from cheap foreign labor directly engages the same empirical claim about which occupations are majority‑immigrant; his rhetoric is an ideological justification for restricting flows that the existing idea tests with occupational counts.
Christopher F. Rufo
2025.12.03
57% relevant
Rufo invokes scale and contribution questions (who’s here, who’s contributing) that overlap the fact‑checking angle of this existing piece: both interrogate common claims about immigrants’ roles in the labor market and invite scrutiny of simple slogans linking immigration to particular job sectors.
Freddie Sayers
2025.12.03
57% relevant
The article rebuts 'replacement' narratives that invoke wide‑scale displacement of British workers by immigrants; that connects to the existing claim that it is uncommon for U.S. occupations to be majority‑immigrant and likewise cautions against simple substitution stories used for political rhetoric.
2025.10.07
100% relevant
The article quotes Richwine’s occupation breakdown and percentages for maids, construction laborers, home health aides, landscaping workers, and janitors.