As move-in day for the Trump administration quickly approaches, it has become clear that the GOP's top priority will be carrying out their promised mass deportation operation, which they predict will be the largest in American history. As the incoming administration builds their new plan, studies have shown that legislation of this nature could be destructive to the U.S. economy, but Republicans insist on saying otherwise.
Independent forecasts have continuously projected that Trump's mass deportation plans would pose a threat to the economy. For instance, in a comprehensive model of his proposals, a team of economists from the Peterson Institute for International Economics estimated that the maximum case— deporting 8.3 million immigrants— would push prices 9.1 percent higher overall by 2028. Even deporting only 1.3 million immigrants would raise prices by 1.5 percent.
