'We Rely on Hispanic Labor': ICE Raids Trigger Economic Alarm Bells in Trump States [View all]

.Communities in two red states that voted for President Donald Trump in the 2024 election have found themselves being unexpectedly hurt by his mass deportation agenda."

"The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that construction trade groups in southern Texas have been sounding the alarm about aggressive immigration raids on work sites that are leading to serious delays of projects, which in turn are raising prices for buyers and lowering profit margins for sellers."

"Things have gotten so severe, wrote the Journal, that materials suppliers have started laying off workers and one concrete company filed for bankruptcy due to a drop off in sales that it blamed on the immigration raids."

"Mario Guerrero, chief executive of the South Texas Builders Association, said that the raids were 'terrorizing job sites,' and grinding economic activity to a halt...'They are basically taking everyone in there working, whether they have proper documentation or not,' said Guerrero, who acknowledged backing Trump in the 2024 election."

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