Industry warns immigration crackdown could worsen labor shortages
TL;DR
Industry groups across construction, agriculture, and other sectors say the intensified immigration crackdown, including ending TPS protections for hundreds of thousands of workers, is threatening labor supply, potentially raising costs and slowing housing and the broader economy. They’re lobbying DHS, Labor, Agriculture, and the White House for policy fixes and visa-program reforms, while internal debates over enforcement versus economic needs continue.
- ‘It’s been chaotic’: Trump’s immigration crackdown prompts worries from industry groups CNN
- The deportation economy is backfiring on American workers, top economist warns Fortune
- The U.S. faces financial losses as the Trump administration ends temporary protections for thousands of immigrants Inquirer.com
- Deportation campaign in 2025 cost jobs for American workers, including in Kansas City thebeaconnews.org
- US Industries Warn Trump Immigration Policy Could Deepen Labor Shortages Межа. Новини України.
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