The one thing MAGA nativists get right

Workers install roofing for a new home under construction in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Monday, June 29, 2026. | Bloomberg via Getty Images President Donald Trump blames immigrants for virtually every problem in American economic life. In the president’s telling, the undocumented have been taking American-born citizens’ jobs, lowering their wages, driving up their costs, and bankrupting their welfare programs. These claims are largely false.   Most studies suggest that immigrants do not…