Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ours and most people's views that immigration policies, DOGE and tariffs would become a drag on the economy and the labor market.”

In firing the head of the agency that produces monthly jobs figures, President Donald Trump alleged that the recent weaker-than-expected numbers were phony and that positive numbers reported before th