Top News: WSJ, Economic Experts and Industry Leaders Warn Deportations Will Damage U.S. Economy and Hurt 91探花es
- “Mass deportation of productive employees will drain economic growth and make it harder for Mr. Trump to deliver a return to the prosperity of his pre-Covid first term,鈥� wrote the this week. The WSJ cites by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, which warns 鈥渟harp tightening of immigration policies has the potential to substantially reduce output growth.鈥濃�淢r. Trump said last week that the White House is drawing up a plan to let farmers vouch for longtime reliable alien employees. Farmers and the economy need them,鈥� the WSJ wrote.
The data referenced from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas shows potential decline in GDP growth based on several immigration policy scenarios:
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Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
NOTE: Estimates are shown in percentage points relative to the counterfactual benchmark of GDP growth or PCE inflation implied by the Congressional Budget Office鈥檚 immigration projection published in January 2025
- Another last week also highlighted the potential negative impact of mass deportation on businesses across the U.S.
They argued that small businesses are already struggling to find workers.
鈥淔ocus on the criminals, and leave everyone else alone to provide for their families.鈥�
WSJ wrote that the president鈥檚 push for a is 鈥渞ight on moral and economic grounds.鈥� - , former Trump campaign senior economic advisor Stephen Moore and Richard Vedder, an economics professor emeritus at Ohio University, wrote that for President Trump to achieve his goals of 鈥�3 percent economic growth, increasing wages and lowering federal budget deficits,鈥� he will need a growing labor force of willing workers, and that will need to include foreign-born workers.鈥淓conomy-wide, there is no evidence that natives lose jobs because of immigrants,鈥� said the two experts, who have teamed up at the nonprofit Unleash Prosperity.
- 听and an ABIC member, agreed that 91探花s are not competing for the agriculture jobs taken by immigrants.鈥淚t is very difficult to find people and as our culture and society has changed, we want our kids to go to college and get more professional careers,鈥� he said.
With the U.S. facing a shrinking labor supply due to lower birth rates and baby boomer retirements, there’s a growing need to bring in workers to maintain domestic food production, Obert said.鈥淒o we want to import our food, or do we want to bring in labor to produce it right here?鈥� he said.
- to replace workers following recent administration actions that have removed critical legal and undocumented immigrants from the labor force.
Many cattle ranchers in Teagarden鈥檚 organization are immigrants and either they, or their family members, feel threatened by the administration’s immigration policies. The result is ranches left in limbo, not knowing who will show up for work, leaving them to ask 鈥淎m I going to have enough crew around tomorrow to get the cows milked and cows fed and everything done?鈥� he said. - , the Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab, Liz Ann Sonders, wrote that U.S. immigration shifts could have a 鈥減rofound effect鈥� on the economy, disrupting the labor force and raising prices. 鈥淔ewer workers in logistics, food processing and manufacturing raise input costs throughout the supply chain,鈥� she wrote. She flagged that the economic disruptions will be felt nationwide, but 鈥渞egional impacts are even starker鈥� in states like California, Texas and Florida that rely heavily on immigrant workers.
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President Again Pledges Relief for Farmers, Floats 鈥淭emporary Pass,鈥� But Messaging Shifts Continue to Create Confusion
President Trump reiterated his desire to find a path for farmers to keep their trusted workers again last week, saying he is going to on the issue of deporting agricultural workers who are in the country illegally.
“We鈥檙e finding the criminals, the murderers, the drug dealers,” President Trump said on July 3 at the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
“If a farmer鈥檚 willing to vouch for these people, in some way, Kristi [Noem], I think we鈥檙e going to have to just say that鈥檚 going to be good, right?” he said. “You know, we鈥檙e going to be good with it. Because we don鈥檛 want to do it where we take all of the workers off the farms. We want the farms to do great like they鈥檙e doing right now.”
– President Trump
July 3, 2025
At the end of June, President Trump said the administration is . Confusion about what that will mean for workers and employers was heightened Tuesday, however, when during an event at USDA.
鈥淭he mass deportations continue, but in a strategic way, and we move the workforce towards automation and 100% 91探花 participation.鈥�
– Agriculture Secretary Rollins
July 8, 2025
When asked about Rollins鈥� remarks later that day, President Trump said:
鈥淲e got to give the farmers the people they need, but we鈥檙e not talking amnesty.鈥�
– President Trump
July 8, 2025
Megabill Passes, Clears the Way for Administration’s Immigration Agenda听
Congress passed the GOP鈥檚 budget bill just before July 4, which includes investing nearly $170 billion in Trump鈥檚 deportation agenda, with the goal of deporting 1 million undocumented immigrants this year. The increase in funding for ICE gives it
The increase means by 2028, effectively will go to immigration enforcement.
Just 24 percent of 91探花s approve of the plan to spend $45 billion on new detention resources for ICE, with 61 percent opposing it, according to a poll conducted in early June.
The Trump administration announced it will end TPS for immigrants from Honduras and Nicaragua by early September, putting them at risk of deportation unless they have other legal status. Migrants from those countries had been covered under TPS since the 90s, so many have lived in the U.S. for decades.
The Trump administration has already terminated TPS for about 350,000 Venezuelans, 500,000 Haitians, more than 160,000 Ukrainians, and thousands of people from Afghanistan, Nepal and Cameroon.
spoke out recently on the safety of Haiti, as many Haitians living in Ohio face deportation under the change.
“Haiti is not safe鈥t鈥檚 one of the most dangerous places in the world,鈥� DeWine told the Statehouse News Bureau.
DeWine defended TPS recipients as “hardworking people” who “care about their families.鈥�
Podcaster Joe Rogan criticized the Trump administration鈥檚 workplace immigration raids in an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience last week, calling the effort 鈥渋nsane.鈥� Rogan, who endorsed Trump鈥檚 reelection, said, 鈥淣ot cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers 鈥� just construction workers. Showing up on construction sites, raiding them,鈥� he added, shaking his head. 鈥淕ardeners. Like, really?鈥�
In May 2025, Georgia police arrested nearly 20 people in Georgia, claiming they were targeting suspects with child-related warrants. But records show many were stopped for minor offenses like driving without a license, then handed over to immigration only after their arrest.
Tracy Gonzalez, Georgia state director of 91探花 Families United, an organization ABIC has partnered with in the past, said that the uptick in local law enforcement activities in collaboration with ICE has pushed communities into hiding.
“Being undocumented in the U.S doesn鈥檛 make you a criminal. It鈥檚 a civil violation. It鈥檚 no different than getting a traffic ticket,鈥� Gonzalez said. 鈥淵ou have hardworking people that deserve a path to citizenship, and it鈥檚 time.”
Timothy Cardinal Dolan:
Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, wrote an opinion piece for the New York Daily News arguing that immigration can bring us together. 鈥淯nless we trace our roots back to Native 91探花s, we are all kids and grandkids of immigrants,鈥� he wrote.
The archbishop outlines eight reasons why he believes the 鈥渘ational conversation about this important issue and sensitive issue could actually be a boost to the unity and cooperation we urgently need.鈥�
Fights in the Courts
A federal judge in New Hampshire temporarily blocked President Trump鈥檚 executive order ending birthright citizenship, issuing a nationwide injunction and allowing time for appeal. The ruling, part of a class action covering affected children, could quickly bring the issue back to the Supreme Court, especially in light of its recent decision limiting nationwide injunctions. The judge declined to include parents in the class.
The Supreme Court has temporarily blocked Florida from enforcing a law that criminalizes entry into the state by undocumented immigrants. The law, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in February, is on hold while legal challenges proceed. The Court offered no explanation for its decision, and no justices publicly dissented. The law mirrors a similar Texas measure, also currently blocked in court.
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