Broadwater: Black Workers Matter

On June 22, President Trump suspended nearly all guest-worker programs for the rest of 2020. This policy will open up an estimated 525,000 jobs to Americans, and will put black Americans and other unemployed U.S. workers at the front of the line for employment.

In his op-ed for The Washington Times, President of Americans4Work Tom Broadwater says:

"And the crisis is disproportionately hurting minorities and other vulnerable workers. In May, the unemployment rate for those with only a high school diploma was 15.3 percent, compared with just 7.4 percent for college graduates. The unemployment rate for Hispanics was 40 percent higher than for Whites. For Blacks, that gap was 30 percent.

Those disparities are likely to remain in the coming months. Recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown could take years. The percentage of working-age people in the labor force - those working or looking for work- is still well below what it was before the Great Recession. And with the country enmeshed in economic and social turmoil, can anyone be confident that the labor market is going to "bounce back," especially for those who have struggled even in the best of times?"

NumbersUSA supports the suspension of foreign worker programs during the recovery from the pandemic-caused unemployment crisis.

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