On why tough immigration enforcement is damaging the US economy.

Contrary to all of that, these days, most sectors of the US economy at home are stagnating or they may be in a state of recession.

According to a recent report by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, sixty one percent of California's construction industry labour force is made up of immigrants. Twenty one percent of those workers are believed to be undocumented.

Hence, according to the same report, if California's undocumented construction workers were to be deported, the GDP generated by that state's construction industry would shrink by a massive 16 percent over the next few years.

According to that report, it would also create a $23 billion hole for the state's finances.

Immigration crackdowns are also tied hands in hands with America's food security, agriculture and the supply chains that supply the food and grocery items that we all purchase.

In a July 2025 report in USA Today, it was reported in depth that US farmers across the country were becoming extremely sceptical about these crackdowns that were sowing fear amongst immigrant farm workers, many of whom were just not showing up to work.

The report further mentioned how these crackdowns have the potential of negatively affecting everything from milk production to shipping and delivery of meats, fruits and vegetables to restaurants and grocery stores across the United States.

In an October 2025 report, the Christian Science Monitor reported that due to increased immigration raids at farms and food production facilities across the United States, national agricultural labour force had shrunk by over 155,000 people in a year-on-year basis.

This, according to the report, was an indication that the American consumers might continue to face high food prices due to supply chain constraints.

In a December 2025 report, the Nebraska Public Media interviewed Brandon Raso, a major blueberry farmer from New Jersey who claimed that he lost most of his 600 farm workers due to fears of immigration raids. This, he said cost him a loss of over two million pounds of blueberries that could not be harvested in time due labour shortages. Financially, this was a $5 million hit to his business, he said.

These facts were further amplified in a November 2025 report in the Kansas Reflector that reported that in 2025, the supply chain industry in the state of Kansas had seen a reduction of 70 percent in its food supply labour force.

This, according to the report, is fuelling massive food wastages and hunger across the United States. The United States Department of Labour (USDOL) refers to this as 'supply shock induced food shortages.'