One American loses their job for every 6 immigrants removed from the workforce ... Fortune

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One American loses their job for every 6 immigrants removed from the workforce as researchers see ‘no evidence’ that ICE is helping the economy

By Tristan Bove
Contributing Reporter
May 5, 2026, 2:04 PM ET

Donald Trump said he had been given a “mandate” by the electorate when he returned to office last year, with one of his charges being to enact mass deportations. Most of his voters seemed to agree, with immigration often topping Republican priorities heading into the 2024 election.

Most Americans still support a heavy hand on illegal immigration. Almost nine out of 10 Republicans and independents who lean Republican say they want a strong military presence on the border, according to recent Pew polling, with a large majority also supporting stricter entry controls such as allowing immigration officers to review social media accounts.

But 17 months into Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown, which has so far removed over a million people from the labor force, views among independents have rapidly soured. And in addition to Trump’s hard-line approach that has alienated voters, the economic costs of the president’s policies are starting to become clear as well. Immigrants were a crucial component of the U.S. economy, and as it turns out, immigrant labor was also central to many people’s hopes of staying in a job.

Many workers who were born in the U.S. benefited from a complementary immigrant workforce that supported parts of their industry, according to a study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and published last week by the National Bureau of Economic Research. But with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown over the past year, largely mediated through ICE, at least 1.2 million foreign-born workers have left the labor force, dismantling the structure that supported native-born jobs too.

https://fortune.com/2026/05/05/ice-deportations-us-born-job-losses-study/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=fortune/magazine/Personal+finance

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1. Who Would Have Guessed This?

Oh, I don't know, everyone who knows the slightest thing about economics that knows supply-side is made up nonsense.
I personally predicted that this would be a net negative for the economy & I felt validated to see experts like Krugmann & Reich saying the same thing.
I don't recall that i thought it would have a direct negative effect on employment, just dollars & cents.
But, this doesn't surprise me in the least.