The Hidden Costs of Mass Deportation

The Hidden Costs of Mass Deportation

The Trump administration has promoted mass deportation of undocumented immigrants as a way to create jobs for American workers and lower housing costs. A new study from the University of Utah suggests the opposite: removing undocumented workers would drain the construction industry, slowing homebuilding and driving up prices. “When immigration enforcement increases, the number of construction workers drops,” the researchers explain. “And when th…