Echoing news reports about developments in the U.S. economy related to job losses, a new report by the Economic Policy Institute, Trump’s Deportation Agenda Will Destroy Millions of Jobs, says that the Trump administration’s emphasis on increasing deportations will result in lost jobs, especially in construction and child care, and will “curtail business operations and reduce employer demand for immigrant and U.S.-born labor.” California, Florida, New York, and Texas are expected to suffer the highest numbers of job losses.
The report states:
Immigrant workers make up a substantial part of the workforce in the United States: 1 in 5 workers is an immigrant, and about half of immigrants are noncitizens. Because of their sizable presence in the workforce, large-scale attempts to remove them will lead to extensive employment losses for foreign-born workers. What is less apparent, however, is the impact that arrests, detentions, and deportations of immigrants will have on millions of U.S.-born workers who will lose their jobs. The widespread job losses for both immigrants and U.S.-born workers will undercut the narrative that abruptly removing immigrants will somehow magically increase employment opportunities for U.S.-born workers.
