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Trump’s Deportation Agenda Is Making the Affordability Crisis Worse

A new report from the ACLU and AFL-CIO outlines how mass deportations are damaging the economy. A broader path to citizenship would create jobs and raise wages.

When U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents descended upon Minnesota in the infamous “Operation Metro Surge,” they didn’t just arrest thousands of people and kill two people, traumatizing communities and needlessly spreading violence. They damaged the local economy — costing Minnesota businesses $10–$20 million a week in the aftermath, as people were terrified to to leave their homes to do ordinary things like go to work, school, doctors appointments.

The Trump administration’s deportation agenda is destabilizing communities across the nation, costing billions of taxpayer dollars, at a time when working families can’t afford groceries, childcare, rent, gas, and other essentials.…