Trump's deportation agenda will destroy millions of jobs
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Summary: Deportations will eliminate millions of jobs held by immigrant and U.S.-born workers according to research on increased immigration enforcement.
Key findings
The number of deportations will skyrocket once the Trump administration fully rolls out its agenda. This will curtail business operations and reduce employer demand for immigrant and U.S.-born labor.
If the administration follows through on its goals of deporting 4 million people over four years:
There will be 3.3 million fewer employed immigrants and 2.6 million fewer employed U.S.-born workers at the end of that period.
Employment in the construction sector will drop sharply: U.S.-born construction employment will fall by 861,000, and immigrant employment will fall by 1.4 million.
The deportations will eliminate half a million child care jobs.
https://www.epi.org/publication/trumps-deportation-agenda-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-both-immigrants-and-u-s-born-workers-would-suffer-job-losses-particularly-in-construction-and-child-care/