How exactly does the BLS assemble the critical jobs report? And what is the commissioner’s role? Here’s what we know.

President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the massive revisions to the latest jobs report constituted a “scam.” Yet revisions by the BLS were neither historic nor evidence of corruption.

Nguyen said sure, the report showed the labor market was weaker than he’d thought. But, he said, “the data actually reaffirms ours and most people's views that immigration policies, DOGE and tariffs would become a drag on the economy and the labor market.”