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These US Industries Rely On Undocumented Immigrant Workers The Most

These US Industries Rely On Undocumented Immigrant Workers The Most
In one industry, undocumented immigrants make up almost 14 percent of the workforce.
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Following his US election win, Donald Trump has announced that his administration will use the military to carry out mass deportations of undocumented immigrants โ€” but deporting millions of the workers propping up America's labor force will have a staggering impact on the country's economy.

In fact, Trump's mass deportation program could shrink the US's GDP by as much as 4.2 to 6.8 percent.

Using data from the American Immigration Council, Visual Capitalist charted the US industries that rely on illegal immigration the most.

Construction employs the most undocumented immigrants, at 1,544,600, or around 13.7 percent of the industry's workforce.

While hospitality employs the second-highest number of undocumented workers (1,002,200), agriculture ranks second among the industries relying most heavily on illegal immigrants to make up the workforce (12.7 percent).

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industries relying on illegal immigration

Via Voronoi.

Comments

  1. Just Some Guy 5 hours ago

    Removing a bunch of cheap labor from an economy is always a bad idea.

    But bad ideas are the only kind of ideas conservatives have.

  2. Last 12 hours ago

    SFD to think this country can even function with out immigrants. I love how they have all these figures, yet we can't simply make a plan to get them a valid ID (paying in taxes) and on a path to full citizenship if they desire? Turns out we don't want to do that, and you will see the tRump will do NOTHING, NOTHING of any substance. You think he is going to wreak havoc on FL & TX - you think he is going to cause a mass rise in cost to buying a new home having to try and find any "American" labor to do the job at a wage that's not 2x-3x what they pay "illegals"? Get Real


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