Fact-checking the premise that immigrants take jobs away from Americans

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President Donald Trump said his reasons for a temporary halt on immigration are to fight the coronavirus and protect American jobs. On the surface, it sounds reasonable. But we scratched deeper with Alex Nowrasteh, director of immigration studies at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank. 

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