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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Amy Held. As Americans celebrate workers' rights on this Labor Day, new data show President Trump's immigration policies are shrinking the nation's workforce.

NPR's Vanessa Romo reports. Immigrants make up nearly 20 percent of the nation's workforce. NPR's Vanessa Romo reports.

Immigrants make up nearly 20% of the nation's workforce, but after more than 50 years of rapid

growth, that population is now in decline, and that's affecting the labor force.

A 2025 Pew Research Center analysis of preliminary Census Bureau data showed more than 1.2 million

immigrants left the U.S. labor force

between January and the end of July. That includes people who are here legally, as well as undocumented

immigrants. Data for Mexico's central bank also shows remittances sent from the U.S. to Mexico are down

by nearly 5 percent over July of last year.

Vanessa Romo, NPR News.

The final push for several key election campaigns is getting underway, and as NPR Stephen Fowler reports, the landscape for the 2026 midterms is becoming clearer.

This November, voters in Virginia and New Jersey will participate in governor's races, plus

the closely watch

contests for mayor of New York City. Several key contests are coming into focus for Congress next

year, like the Battleground Senate matchups in Georgia and North Carolina. A record number of

representatives and senators have already announced they won't seek re-election in their current seats.

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