A previous version of this article incorrectly described a Congressional Budget Office projection on the effects of immigration on the economy. The report said the labor force will have grown by 5.2 million people by 2033, not that it had grown by that number in 2023. This article has been corrected.
Democracy Dies in Darkness
The economy is roaring. Immigration is a key reason.
Momentum in the job market picked up aggressively over the past year — all while Washington is deadlocked on a border deal
Updated February 27, 2024 at 11:39 a.m. EST|Published February 27, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EST