Trump's deportations could cost California 'hundreds of billions of dollars.' Here's how

Mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump could have a 
seismic economic effect in California — potentially inflicting billions of 
dollars in direct damages to a wide range of industries, including small 
business, agriculture, construction and child care, advocates and 
academics said.

The impact could also spread outward to other sectors, including growth 
drivers like tech.

The Golden State relies heavily on the labor of immigrants, whether 
they’re naturalized U.S. citizens, have temporary visas or are 
undocumented. More than 10 million, or 27%, of California’s population is 
foreign-born, according to the most recent U.S. Census data. Roughly a 
fifth of those are thought to be undocumented; as of 2022, estimates 
ranged from 1.8 million undocumented immigrants, according to the Pew 
Research Center, to 2.4 million, according to the left-leaning Institute 
on Taxation and Economic Policy. 

If undocumented immigrants “magically disappear, you’re going to erase 10% 
of California production,” said Giovanni Peri, professor of international 
economics at UC Davis. “We’re talking about hundreds of billions of 
dollars.”

The loss of workers only speaks to part of the financial impact of 
deportations. Undocumented immigrants also power the state’s economy as 
consumers and taxpayers. 

There may also be indirect impacts from the deportations. The loss of 
workers in construction, agriculture (including the state’s world-famous 
wine industry), hospitality and the care economy would have ripple effects 
on the rest of the state, according to Manuel Pastor, professor of 
sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern 
California. 

“Behind every software engineer is an army of nannies, food-service 
workers and gardeners,” Pastor said. 

Lazy stupid liberals will have to learn to do those jobs.

https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/11/trump-deportations-california-
economics/