Axios -Donald Trump's plan to crack down on immigration includes using a range of tools to deport millions of people in the U.S. each year — from obscure laws to military funds to law enforcement officers from all levels of government. History tells us such an effort would dramatically disrupt local communities and economies across the U.S. — and sow fear among the millions of people without legal status. If elected, Trump wants to mobilize ICE agents — along with the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration, federal prosecutors, the National Guard, and even state and local law enforcement officers — to carry out deportations of undocumented immigrants, a source familiar with the plan told Axios....
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policymakers acknowledge that immigrants — including those who recently
crossed the border illegally — have played a role in easing inflation
and helping the economy avoid a recession after the pandemic. It's a key reason why the Congressional Budget Office
said this week it expects the United States' GDP to be a stunning $7
trillion greater over the next 10 years than it initially projected in
2023. A rebounding supply of workers helped heal the acute labor
shortages in recent years that drove up wages and costs that businesses
passed on to consumers...
Recent deportation surges damaged some local economies. In 2011, for example, unpicked crops rotted in Alabama
after the state passed a harsh anti-immigrant bill, and as the Obama
administration aggressively went after undocumented immigrants. MORE
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Only idiots and racists do not understand that immigration is good for us. As lady liberty says Give us your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
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