According to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement department, it has been holding and preparing to deport 600 to 1,100 individuals per day since january 2025. Compared to the average of 282 immigration arrests per day under the Biden administration in september 2024, that is an increase.
If the present pattern continues, the trump administration is expected to detain 25,000 foreign nationals within his first month in office. This amounts to around 3,000,000 people annually, which is a long cry from the "millions and millions" of immigrants trump pledged to deport.
The administration's deportation efforts have apparently been hampered by a shortage of funds, immigration officials, immigration detention facilities, and other resources.
On february 11, 2025, Axios reported that the trump administration is asking congress for $175 billion to spend on immigration enforcement over the next four years.
According to our analysis, the removal of millions of immigrants would be expensive for all Americans, including companies and citizens, if trump follows through on his pledge to carry out mass deportations.
The price of food will rise. One significant consideration is that widespread deportations would undermine vital US businesses that depend on foreign labor, including that of illegal immigrants.
In all, around 5% of the US workforce is made up of undocumented immigrants.
However, the concentrated presence of these immigrants across different businesses is not reflected in that total proportion. According to the US Department of Agriculture, around half of farmworkers in the US are not legally authorized to be there.
Planting and harvesting choices are made by some of these trained supervisory immigrant farmworkers. Tractors, loaders, diggers, rakers, irrigation systems, fertilizer sprayers, and other equipment essential to agricultural operations are operated and maintained by others.
The cost of food for Americans, including what they spend at restaurants and in supermarkets, would rise if those workers were abruptly withdrawn from the nation.
A reduction in domestic food production might result in higher prices and more imports as there would be fewer personnel available to harvest fruits and vegetables and prepare the food for shipping and distribution.
Meanwhile, national estimates of the labor in restaurants and food preparation show that between 10 and 15 percent of those workers are illegal immigrants in the United States.
Previous immigration enforcement practices at the state level provide insight into what would occur nationally if trump were to implement mass deportations.
For instance, HB-56, a bill passed in Alabama in 2011, required local police officers to look into the immigrant status of drivers who were pulled over for speeding. Additionally, it made it illegal for landlords to rent out homes to foreign nationals who lacked the required documentation to work or reside in the nation.
Some foreign workers in Alabama left the state after workplace raids due to that statute and its consequences.
Due to the loss of labor and economic productivity, their departure ultimately cost the state of Alabama between $2.3 billion and $10.8 billion in lost yearly gross domestic product.
Other sectors that depend on foreign workers For sectors like construction, where over 25% of the workforce lives without legal authorization, large deportations present a dilemma in part because their labor is highly trained and difficult to replace.
Particularly active in house building, immigrant laborers specialize in jobs like installing flooring and ceilings, as well as drywall and roofing.
If the present pattern continues, the trump administration is expected to detain 25,000 foreign nationals within his first month in office. This amounts to around 3,000,000 people annually, which is a long cry from the "millions and millions" of immigrants trump pledged to deport.
The administration's deportation efforts have apparently been hampered by a shortage of funds, immigration officials, immigration detention facilities, and other resources.
On february 11, 2025, Axios reported that the trump administration is asking congress for $175 billion to spend on immigration enforcement over the next four years.
According to our analysis, the removal of millions of immigrants would be expensive for all Americans, including companies and citizens, if trump follows through on his pledge to carry out mass deportations.
The price of food will rise. One significant consideration is that widespread deportations would undermine vital US businesses that depend on foreign labor, including that of illegal immigrants.
In all, around 5% of the US workforce is made up of undocumented immigrants.
However, the concentrated presence of these immigrants across different businesses is not reflected in that total proportion. According to the US Department of Agriculture, around half of farmworkers in the US are not legally authorized to be there.
Planting and harvesting choices are made by some of these trained supervisory immigrant farmworkers. Tractors, loaders, diggers, rakers, irrigation systems, fertilizer sprayers, and other equipment essential to agricultural operations are operated and maintained by others.
The cost of food for Americans, including what they spend at restaurants and in supermarkets, would rise if those workers were abruptly withdrawn from the nation.
A reduction in domestic food production might result in higher prices and more imports as there would be fewer personnel available to harvest fruits and vegetables and prepare the food for shipping and distribution.
Meanwhile, national estimates of the labor in restaurants and food preparation show that between 10 and 15 percent of those workers are illegal immigrants in the United States.
Previous immigration enforcement practices at the state level provide insight into what would occur nationally if trump were to implement mass deportations.
For instance, HB-56, a bill passed in Alabama in 2011, required local police officers to look into the immigrant status of drivers who were pulled over for speeding. Additionally, it made it illegal for landlords to rent out homes to foreign nationals who lacked the required documentation to work or reside in the nation.
Some foreign workers in Alabama left the state after workplace raids due to that statute and its consequences.
Due to the loss of labor and economic productivity, their departure ultimately cost the state of Alabama between $2.3 billion and $10.8 billion in lost yearly gross domestic product.
Other sectors that depend on foreign workers For sectors like construction, where over 25% of the workforce lives without legal authorization, large deportations present a dilemma in part because their labor is highly trained and difficult to replace.
Particularly active in house building, immigrant laborers specialize in jobs like installing flooring and ceilings, as well as drywall and roofing.
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