exposed to the China trade shock, the overall contribution of immigration to labor market adjustment in this episode was small … immigration may have played in enabling U.S. commuting zones to respond to manufacturing job loss caused by import competition … from China. Although population headcounts of the foreign-born fell by more than those of the native-born in regions …

market adjustment to shifting regional economic conditions. We examine immigration's role in enabling U.S. commuting zones to … respond to manufacturing job loss caused by import competition from China. Although foreign-born population headcounts fell by … a larger proportion than those of the native-born in trade-exposed regions, the contribution of immigration to labor …