US EditionTrump immigration crackdown may eliminate 15M workers by 2035: Study
- The study released on Friday shows the U.S. workforce could decrease by 6.8 million by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035, National Foundation for American Policy researchers found using CBO tools.
- Deportation targets and new legal limits are driving the projections, with President Donald Trump aiming to deport 1 million immigrants yearly and July 4 legislation funding 10,000 ICE agents.
- Recent labor data and CBO tools underpin the estimates, with a September 2025 report showing over 1.2 million immigrants left the U.S. labor force from January to July, and hiring averaging 29,000 a month June–August.
- Farms and construction sites report shortages, with construction firms shedding 10,000 jobs since May, and Goodwin Living laid off four Haitian workers after permits ended.
- Demographic and sectoral trends point to long-term workforce constraints as the Congressional Budget Office updated outlook predicts more deaths than births by 2031, and the study warns limiting high-skilled foreign workers may slow productivity.
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Trump immigration crackdown may eliminate 15M workers by 2035: Study
(The Hill) -- A new study released Friday says President Trump's immigration enforcement policies will decrease the country’s workforce by 15 million people over the next decade. “The Trump administration’s policies on illegal and legal immigration would reduce the projected number of workers in the United States by 6.8 million by 2028 and by 15.7 million by 2035 and lower the annual rate of economic growth by almost one-third, harming U.S. livi…
President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the US labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus electricity, a cellphone and groceries. In August, it all ended. When she showed up at the job one morning, her boss told her that she couldn’t work there anymore. The Trump administration had terminate…
Trump's Immigration Crackdown Weighs Heavy on the US Labor Market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son share with five families, plus electricity, a cellphone and groceries.
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Washington TimesTrump's immigration crackdown weighs heavy on the U.S. labor market
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much —...
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Trump's immigration crackdown threatens America's job market and ability to recruit foreign talent
Maria worked cleaning schools in Florida for $13 an hour. Every two weeks, she’d get a $900 paycheck from her employer, a contractor. Not much — but enough to cover rent in the house that she and her 11-year-old son…
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