High unemployment rate and local workforce gaps

Over the past few weeks, labor shortages across the US have been a topic of national interest. This is because the global Coronavirus pandemic worsened the situation for certain industries, increased the local unemployment rate and restricted business immigration processes, triggering a shortage of skilled workers.

However, despite the fact that approximately 8.4 million people were unemployed as of mid-2021, according to official DOL (Department of Labor) figures, a large number of American and US-based companies are experiencing devastating labor shortages.

In fact, also according to official figures, the country has approximately 11 million jobs currently available and, despite high unemployment rates, it appears as if local labor gaps are increasing rather than decreasing.

Let’s look at some specific examples:

• Amazon is trying to recruit 150,000 employees to meet market demands during this end of year season.
• Walmart is also trying to find 150,000 available workers.
• FedEx is looking for 90,000 employees.

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Immigration reform would help local companies

For the vast majority of local companies, it is quite evident that the best alternative to address labor shortages is to reform the immigration system in order to attract talent from abroad and also open up viable alternatives for immigrants residing in the US undocumented.

To understand this premise, it is important to explain that the number of undocumented immigrants currently living in the country is around 11 million, a figure similar to the number of job openings.

However, due to the lack of documentation, millions of immigrants choose clandestine and illegal work, and, at the same time, local companies will not risk their reputation to hire undocumented workers.

Therefore, the solution to labor shortages may lie in the idea of legalizing undocumented workers and improving legal immigration processes to attract foreign workers without having to jump through countless bureaucratic hoops.

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Why is immigration reform stalled?

Although it is quite evident to local companies that immigration reform could protect the local workforce and the national economy, it seems as if this proposal is stalled in Congress.

In fact, in one of our most recent articles we talked about the never-ending battle within Congress regarding immigration and it seems as if it is becoming a bipartisan issue.

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