America needs immigrants to solve its labor shortage

> “Part of the reason why there are so many vacancies and unfilled jobs in the US is that we are missing a whole lot of immigrants who regularly were coming before Covid,” said Giovanni Peri, the author of the UC Davis research and Director of the Global Migration Center.

Is that correct? My understanding is, Covid led to a noticeable number of (mostly) women opting out of FT work. That is, financial day care is too expensive compared to being a stay at home parent.

That's not to say immigration won't help. But why has the narrative not been willing to address the sociologist shift triggered by Covid?

p.s. I ask this after reading (in 3Q 2022) "Pay up: The Future of Women and Work (and Why It's Different Than You Think)" by Reshma Saujani.

https://www.amazon.com/Pay-Up-Future-Women-Different-ebook/d...

The average Joe is probably against too much immigration

"The biggest impact comes to industries like construction, agriculture, and especially hospitality" The average Joe probably just wants a raise instead of more competition around these. Competition keeps wages low.

I don't really know what I want to say here, except that the average citizen is too busy to be concerned for these poor industries

No, it doesn’t.

But plenty of wealthy people will get wealthier if it happens.