Amid immigration crackdown, US craft workers increasingly older, foreign-born

Immigrants now account for all net growth in construction trades over the past decade, according to Harvard research, as the domestic workforce ages. Stricter immigration policies threaten to exacerbate labor shortages in low-wage craft positions that are already difficult to fill.

Research from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies found immigrants accounted for all net growth in the trades between 2013 and 2024. A continued decline in immigration will put pressure on low-wage craft jobs.

This story was originally published by Construction Dive.