Donald Trump’s proposed aggressive plans to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants have sparked significant concern among economists and business leaders. They warn that such measures would severely impact the U.S. job market, which has benefited from foreign-born workers. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that net immigration has contributed to economic growth, predicting an additional $7 trillion over the next decade. Former Commerce Undersecretary Robert Shapiro noted that the deportation plan would cost over $1 trillion, potentially causing a recession and fueling inflation, and equating to a third of the defense budget. High-skilled immigrants play a crucial role in strategic industries, contributing disproportionately to innovation and holding advanced degrees. The plan would require a force larger than the U.S. Army and would affect more people than the populations of NYC, Chicago, and L.A. combined.
"Many economists and business leaders say the job market would suffer from mass deportations of people already working here, especially in sectors like construction and agriculture." https://t.co/e3SO5dk8tK
The data is incredibly clear: immigrants are an enormous benefit to our country and our economy. They deserve to be here, in the United States, where we can all work together to push America forward and make it a better place. https://t.co/hFCpPOcG70
New analysis from @cojobrien & @ModeledBehavior shows immigrants working in strategic industries author patents & hold graduate degrees at disproportionately higher rates. Immigration is America's superpower. https://t.co/PwZpQx6kc4
Exclusive: Trump’s plans for mass deportation would be an economic disaster. @robshapiro has the data and explains in the @monthly. https://t.co/Nm58T5pvEx
Trump’s Plans for Mass Deportation Would Be an Economic Disaster Besides being cruel, deporting 11 million immigrants would cause labor shortages & slash national wage and salary income, likely triggering a recession & reigniting inflation https://t.co/htGYQoQCjJ @robshapiro
How do we grow our strategic industries vital to economic and national security? In a new analysis, @cojobrien and I show that high skilled immigrants play a huge rule when it comes to innovation in these industries. https://t.co/FGFa8Ry6Vd
Immigration ‘will boost US economy by $7 trillion’ over the next decade according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. It also helped curb inflation by easing worker shortages. None of the anti-immigrant rhetoric is rooted in reality. It’s dumb reactionary politics. https://t.co/8ry9robVBg
Immigrants have a big, positive effect on innovation in strategic industries (those critical to economic and national security) that's disproportionate to their numbers. For recent policies to work in the long run, we should invite many more to work here https://t.co/fzTD4KRhjU https://t.co/RUiUdOGqNt
New at The Watch: Trump wants to deport more people than the populations of NYC, Chicago, and L.A. combined. It would cost $1 trillion+, and require a force larger than the U.S. Army. It also can't be done. But that isn't the point. It's about giving his supporters the human… https://t.co/A9aaYENOLT
Trump’s plan to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants would cause a recession, fuel inflation, and cost the equivalent of a third of the defense budget, according to calculations by economist and former Commerce Undersecretary Robert Shapiro @monthly https://t.co/QQTZmrhm2x
Try to explain this even to Democrats: As Trump touts aggressive plans to crack down on illegal immigration, economists warn his proposals would deal a massive blow to the U.S. job market, which has stayed strong thanks in part to foreign-born workers. https://t.co/2RUQzubd88
READ: immigration is good for economy. Nonpartisan CBO estimates are that net immigration helped us come out of the recession & will grow economy by $7 trillion more over the next decade than without new immigrants.1/2 https://t.co/RQoAg1hq54
As Donald Trump touts increasingly aggressive plans to crack down on illegal immigration, economists are wary that his proposals would deal a massive blow to the U.S. job market, which has stayed strong thanks in part to foreign-born workers. https://t.co/6tWlyTpdML
Trump's plan to round up millions of "illegals" and concentrate them in camps is very serious. If you react with "that won't work," realize that even attempting something on that scale would be horrific, with federal officers and vigilantes going after anyone who "looks illegal." https://t.co/ZeDl0ndFwT