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Jacob Soboroff, NBC News Correspondent joins Nicolle Wallace on Deadline White House from Ventura County, California the site of a immigration raid conducted by ICE on Tuesday to show the impact that the continued immigration raids and mass arrests carried out by ICE is set to have on the California and American economy,
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ValleyCentral.com on MSNState of Texas: Immigration crackdown brings concern over impact on workersImmigration enforcement operations targeting worksites have led to arrests and deportations of workers across the country. Some of the people caught up in the raids have been working in the U.S. for years.
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LAist on MSNAmericans will feel effects of immigration enforcement on farms, union president warnsWorkers are "terrified" as immigration agents sweep farms, the president of United Farm Workers says, adding that Americans should think about the "human loss" as well as "crops rotting" in the fields.
As federal agents step up immigration raids In Los Angeles... It’s not only sparking concern in immigrant communities, but in the business world as well. Immigrant labor is one of the backbones of Southern California’s economy with jobs ranging from agriculture to construction to hospitality.
A study from the University Colorado Denver estimated that for every 1 million workers deported, 88,000 U.S. native workers lost employment. With fewer workers, businesses have a harder time investing in expansion, and there are fewer consumers in the economy.
Federal agents have rounded up dozens of California farmworkers in large-scale raids at packinghouses and fields that farm bureaus say threaten businesses that supply much of the country’s food.
Los Angeles is home to the country’s largest population of undocumented immigrants. So when President Trump’s immigration raids arrived, many expected trouble.
that maybe they can't be in the labor force for some reason, would be really hard on a lot of businesses and would certainly have an economic impact," Schafer said. What we know: Immigration raid ...
Karen Bass told Katie Couric people will begin noticing the impact of ICE raids once there’s “nobody to do childcare” or tend to their gardens.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security declined to confirm the raids to NPR ... the reported immigration enforcement actions on farms and how these may impact kitchen tables ...
The administration said it has directed immigration officers to pause arrests at farms, restaurants and hotels, stressing that sweeps should focus on people in the U.S. illegally who have criminal backgrounds.