"“The mass deportations in Trump 2.0 are not helping the labor market overall and not creating more job opportunities for U.S.-born workers,” East says. In fact, she and her co-author find evidence that, if anything, the clampdown has hurt the employment prospects of U.S.-born workers, particularly working-class men who work in industries that are heavily reliant on undocumented workers, like construction."
"“So, did the immigration crackdown help the job prospects of U.S.-born workers? East says no.” “The mass deportations in Trump 2.0 are not helping the labor market overall and not creating more job opportunities for U.S.-born workers,” East says. “In fact, she and her co-author find evidence that, if anything, the clampdown has hurt the employment prospects of U.S.-born workers,” particularly working-class men in industries reliant on undocumented workers."
"“It’s more evidence that the labor market isn’t really a zero-sum contest, where immigrants and native workers battle over a fixed number of jobs in a kind of labor market Hunger Games, and the newcomers take the jobs of or undercut the people already here. Instead, it adds to”"
After Inauguration Day in 2025, Little Village in Chicago felt unusually quiet as the Trump administration signaled major ICE raids. Community members reported fear that reduced normal economic activity such as working, shopping, and eating out. New data from last year’s immigration crackdown was used to assess labor market effects. Research by Chloe East and Elizabeth Cox in “Labor Market Impacts of ICE Activity in Trump 2.0” finds that the crackdown did not help the labor market overall or create more job opportunities for U.S.-born workers. Evidence suggests employment prospects for U.S.-born workers may have worsened, particularly for working-class men in industries reliant on undocumented labor, such as construction. The findings indicate labor markets are not a zero-sum contest where immigrants displace native workers.
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