N.H. Sen. Shaheen and AFL-CIO Question Census Bureau Data

This article was last updated on May 25, 2022

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The validity of a Center for Immigration Studies study on jobs in New Hampshire was called into question this week by both the President of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO, Mark Mackenzie, and Incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen. The comments by both parties reflect the decline in the sitting senator’s popularity as election day looms, and a misrepresentation of facts meant to sway an election.

Scott Brown, the Republican candidate in the hotly contested New Hampshire Senate race, has been leading in the polls since mid-October. Many people attribute his unexpected lead in large part to his emphasis on immigration. He has hammered Sen. Sheehan’s support for the president’s past and planned executive amnesties as well as her vote for the Senate immigration bill (S.744) that would have legalized 11 million illegal immigrants and doubled legal immigration.

Recently Brown has been highlighting the economic consequences of illegal immigration. During Thursday’s debate, he referenced the Center’s report, finding that 71 percent of the net increase in the number of working-age people holding a job in New Hampshire has gone to immigrants — even though the native-born accounted for 65 percent of the working-age population growth.

Following the debate, the New Hampshire AFL-CIO president put out a press release focused more on name-calling than facts. MacKenzie’s accusations were incorrect and showed a complete ignorance of the study’s methodology.

The next day, Sen. Shaheen responded to a question from a reporter on the CIS report regarding the labor situation in New Hampshire. She did not comment on unemployment or the link between immigration, legal and illegal, on jobs. Instead, she said, “My understanding is that’s a study sponsored by a right-wing organization.” Breibart News reporter Matt Boyle wrote, “When Breitbart News noted that the study is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other government sources — and includes no data from non-governmental sources — her Communications Director, Harrell Kirsten, abruptly called an end to the press conference.”

After pointing out that the Center for Immigration Studies includes on its board and staff people from across the political spectrum, Executive Director Mark Krikorian responded: “And what’s a ‘right-wing study’ anyway? The numbers, from the Census Bureau, are either correct or they’re not. No one has suggested that our researchers made any errors, so what’s the senator complaining about?”

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