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How Trump's big beautiful bill aims to 'supercharge' immigration enforcement NPRGOP Budget Bill Would Make ICE "Largest Federal Law Enforcement Agency in the History of the Nation" Democracy Now!Senate Approves Unprecedented Spending for Mass Deportation, Ignoring What's Broken in our Immigration System American Immigration CouncilTrump's Budget Just Passed the Senate. Brace for a Massive Increase in ICE Raids. The Intercept
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The Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants might be the most profound change in the American labor market right now. Industries that rely on immigrant labor are especially vulnerable, as ICE continues to raid businesses believed to have unauthorized workers.
Today on the show, we talk to representatives from the agriculture, construction and long-term care industries to ask: Are people still showing up to work?
Related episodes:
What's missing in the immigration debate
Is the 'border crisis' actually a 'labor market crisis?'
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