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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Business
Andy Hirschfeld

How will Trump’s plans to deport undocumented migrants impact US economy?

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says deportations of undocumented workers will increase job opportunities for native-born United States workers [File: Daniel Becerril/Reuters]

Gloria Solis moved to the United States from Mexico in 1998. To put food on the table for her four children, she works in the agricultural sector in Washington state. She’s one of the estimated 31 million foreign-born workers in the US — documented or otherwise — who are helping to drive the US economy.

She’s worried that if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gets elected, the life she has built for her and her family could be in jeopardy.

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