For the first time in decades, the U.S. will likely experience negative net migration, shrinking the U.S. workforce—and economic growth by extension

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• The U.S. may see more than 500,000 people emigrate from the country as a result of President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign, according to a recent report from the American Enterprise Institute. With foreign-born workers making up a disproportional amount of the American workforce, shrinking immigration could result in a hit to U.S. labor growth and consumer spending. These factors could lead to an up to 0.4% hit to U.S. GDP growth.

President Donald Trump’s efforts to deport millions of immigrants could likely result in a hit to the U.S. labor force that would shrink the country’s gross domestic product, new data shows.