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Federal immigration agents converge on Glenn Valley Foods in Omaha, Neb., on June 10 for an immigration raid. A new analysis released Thursday estimates mass deportations could cost more than 6 million jobs, a figure that includes both immigrants and U.S.-born workers. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Nebraska Examiner)<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump\u2019s deportation plans could cost nearly 6 million jobs, according to an analysis released Thursday.<\/p>\n

If successful, Trump\u2019s goal of deporting 4 million people over four years will cost jobs held by both immigrants and U.S.-born workers, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.<\/p>\n

EPI\u2019s analysis<\/a> found California, Florida, New York and Texas will have the highest number of job losses, because of larger immigrant populations in those states.<\/p>\n

The construction industry will see the biggest drop in employment, with an estimated 861,000 U.S.-born and 1.4 million immigrant jobs lost, according to the analysis. The child care sector is expected to lose half a million jobs.<\/p>\n

Immigrants are a crucial component of the American economy, representing nearly 20% of the nation\u2019s workforce<\/a> last year, according to federal data.<\/p>\n

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If Trump wants more deportations, he\u2019ll need to target the construction industry<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Because jobs held by U.S.-born and immigrant workers are often complementary and economically linked, the shrinking supply of immigrant labor can adversely affect employer demand for jobs held by both groups of workers, the Economic Policy Institute report said.<\/p>\n

Immigrant workers are also consumers, meaning that group will spend less in local economies as their earnings and employment decline.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegardless of the exact mechanisms, deportations can cause a sharp and abrupt enough fall in labor supply that some employers will respond by shutting down operations entirely,\u201d the analysis said.<\/p>\n

The major spending and tax bill Trump signed July 4 allocated $170 billion<\/a> for immigration enforcement and border protection measures. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security\u2019s Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be the highest-funded law enforcement agency in the country, at nearly $30 billion through September 2029.<\/p>\n

Already, the number of jobs being performed by foreign-born workers is declining, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.<\/a><\/p>\n

And those losses are not leading to more U.S.-born workers in the workforce, labor economist Mark Regets, a senior fellow at the National Foundation for American Policy, told Forbes<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

That contradicts Republican claims, said Ben Zipperer, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Trump and other conservatives claim that increased deportations will somehow magically create jobs for U.S.-born workers, the existing evidence shows that the opposite is true: they will cause immense harm to workers and families, shrink the economy, and weaken the labor market for everyone,\u201d Zipperer said in a Thursday news release.<\/p>\n

Stateline<\/a> is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Stateline maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Scott S. Greenberger for questions: info@stateline.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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