Scott Bessent: “Prior to April, we saw real wage gains for working Americans…”

“Many people believe because of the President's immigration policies, you're getting more American jobs and you're seeing more wage increases. Well, that's what the data is showing. So Prior to April, we saw real wage gains for working Americans every month during President Trump's term. I think we'll be back to that next month. And because the mass unfettered immigration has stopped, we've had about 1.82 million, both voluntary and mandatory deportations.” (04:27–04:35)

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