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Pedro Camacho

As Workplace Immigration Raids Loom, Industries Warn of Labor Shortages and Economic Fallout

Construction workers in New York (Credit: Photo by YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images)

Just days into his appointment as the next Trump administration's "border czar", Thomas Homan went on "Fox & Friends" to announce he plans on increasing workplace immigration raids as part of a broad immigration crackdown. "Where do we find most victims of sex trafficking and forced labor trafficking? At worksites," Homan said.

Homan's words have begun to spread fear among companies with immigrant workforces as industries like construction and agriculture have become reliant on the demographic and could face significant disruptions if specific measures like raids and broader ones like mass deportations are effectively executed, as Bloomberg reports.

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