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Trump’s immigration policy is likely to cause “chaos” over the next 4 years

Trump’s immigration policy is likely to cause “chaos” over the next 4 years

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President Donald Trump’s promised immigration repression began.

The US immigration and customs enforcement stated that this week it has increased efforts to arrest and detain people with unauthorized to be in the United States, it aims at persons with criminal origin, including minor offenses, According to the Wall Street magazine.

The agency has begun Posting daily numbers around detainees and arrests For X, previously known as Twitter, and stated that this week this week had made about 1000 arrests. On the contrary, Ice arrested about 310 people a day during the former President Joe Biden in office, reports The Wall Street Journal.

Construction is traditionally relied on Foreign people employees to deliver projects. About 26% of workers in construction are immigrants and 13% of people engaged in this industry They have no right to work in the US, according to the estimates of the Pew Research Center.

But it remains unclear how Trump’s actions will affect the labor market.

“I can guarantee you that everything will change from daily,” said Horge Lopez, the head of a law firm based in San Francisco, a group on immigration and mobility.

Practicing immigration law through the first term Trump, Lopez stated that the beginning of his second administration was associated with his past experience. Trump’s second presidency is likely to bring a number of constantly changing legal battles.

“I will be shocked, if nothing but chaos will last for the next four years,” said Lopez Construction Diving.

But Trump’s best helpers are broken, Lopez said. For example, Elon Musk, the leader of the Trump Government Department, defended H-1B visas. On the other hand, Stephen Miller, Deputy Chief of Staff of Trump, is “anti-immigration, period”,-said Lopez.

EB-3 and H-1B visas tend to apply to a college degree, which means they are less likely to be expediency for construction workers who come to the US for jobs on a blue collar, then and most likely , they connect employers to potential construction workers.

Logistics and questions

While Trump was campaigning for deportation of anyone who was unauthorized to live and work in the United States, it would be monumentally expensive, ”said Anirban Bass, chief economist of associate builders and contractors. Basu stated that the calculations indicate that it would cost $ 88 billion to deport 1 million people in one year.

“You spend $ 88 billion to reduce labor. This, in my opinion, does not have a ton of economic meaning, ”he said.

Meanwhile, the President issued an executive order on January 20 to finish citizenship from birth, which has since been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. States and public human rights groups have filed a lawsuit against a ruling, and a long legal battle may expect whether it can come into force.

The question of citizenship from birth increase logistics obstacles To determine what people born in the US are entitled to citizenship, the lawyers of The Washington Post have declared. The system of verification of citizenship status can also lead to delays or errors in proving citizenship, even for those who are entitled, reports Post.

“(Increased careful inspection and audit) is also extremely devastating for workers, regardless of whether they are authorized or not,” said Marisa Dias, Director of the Immigrant Justice Program in the New York Employment Project. “We see employees who have a work permit, but are also sometimes released as a result of audit, which are complicated and re -checking their information.”

John Derler, CEO EB3.WORK, agreed that Trump’s policy is difficult to predict, noting that the President was working with work visas at his resort Florida Mar-A-Gla. Dorer helps employers contact foreign employees and helps these employees get EB-3 visas that allow permanent residence and work in the US

“Optimist in me says that Trump is a pro-business leader, and now the legal process of immigration is very ineffective about business needs,” Derler said.