Activists gathered at Dupont Circle for a Labor Day rally and march protesting a federal law enforcement surge in the capital. In California, crops went unharvested as farmworkers stayed home fearing immigration raids. Internal Revenue Service workers in Kansas City were forced back to the office, triggering desk disputes after remote workers were abruptly ordered in. Tariffs have slowed hiring. Many workers feel less secure and face harder working conditions due to immigration crackdowns, federal layoffs, funding cuts, and weakened labor protections. Economic data show slowing job growth, and policy-driven uncertainty has been described as self-inflicted, widening effects across multiple sectors.
President Donald Trump won a second term with a promise to support the working-class voters who backed him. But many workers now feel less secure and find their jobs harder to do - squeezed by immigration crackdowns, federal layoffs and funding cuts, and weakened labor protections. The uncertainty fueled by these policies, combined with Trump's trade wars, is beginning to surface in economic data, economists say.
In California, crops have gone unharvested, as farmworkers stay home out of fear of immigration raids. Internal Revenue Service workers in Kansas City have found themselves jockeying over desks after remote workers were abruptly ordered back to the office. Tariffs are putting the brakes on hiring. Harry Holzer, a Georgetown economist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution think tank, said the difference between today's uncertainty and past episodes - such as the COVID pandemic and the 2008 housing crash - is that this one is self-inflicted.
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