
Joe Biden claims that Hispanic unemployment has been cut in half. That’s Mostly True.
Bureau of Labor Statistics figures show that Hispanic or Latino unemployment was 9.3% in December 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full month in office. That rate fell from 8.5% in January 2021, the month Joe Biden was sworn in, to 4.9% in August 2023. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, President Joe Biden’s reelection…