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Yahoo Finance: US labor market braces for disruption as Trump vows mass deportations
“'The reason that mass deportations are disruptive is not simply because our economy relies on this labor; it's the abruptness of it,' said Wendy Edelberg, a d…
CNN: Grocery prices are high. Trump’s mass deportations could make matters worse
“Any reduction in food demand resulting from evictions would be dwarfed by the loss of workers, noted Chloe East, an economics professor at the University of C…
Yahoo Finance: What 3 economists say is in store in a second Trump economy
“On the stump, the former president has called for a 60% tariff on Chinese imports along with a blanket 10% to 20% on all remaining goods imported from other c…
The Washington Post: Two pro-growth policies for Harris: Immigration and trade
“With an aging population, the necessity for legal immigration to prevent economic contraction has become more urgent. And there is little dispute that immigra…
POLITICO: Biden border crackdown could snip economy
“Given that it can take months for asylum seekers to receive work permits, the near-term economic impact of the Biden’s action would likely be blunted, accordi…
The New York Times: Immigrants in Maine are filling a labor gap. It may be a prelude for the U.S.
"'I’m very confident that we would not have seen the employment gains we saw last year — and we certainly can’t sustain it — without immigration,' said Wendy E…
Associated Press: A healthy US economy’s secret ingredient: Immigrant workers, eager to fill jobs
"A study by Wendy Edelberg and Tara Watson, economists at the Brookings Institution’s Hamilton Project, has concluded that over the past two years, new immigra…
U.S. News & World Report: What you need to know about the labor market
“'Faster population and labor force growth has meant that employment could grow more quickly than previously believed without adding to inflationary pressures,…
