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News: 2026

January 1.   Suhauna Hussain: Immigration raids linked to significant California job losses, analysis finds.

January 17.   Suhauna Hussain and Ruben Vives: Immigration sweep rattles L.A.’s Fashion District, deepening fears and slumping sales.  

January 21.   UC Irvine School of Social Ecology: OC businesses lose $59M following immigration enforcement: Research reveals widespread economic decline, business owner concern.  

February 5.   Texas Public Radio: Construction site ICE raids hurting economy and building industry: Frustration is growing over the warrantless targeting of construction workers by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Construction industry leaders say the ICE raids are creating a worker shortage and a crisis.

February 10.   Lauren Aratani: ‘These are people’s livelihoods’: Minnesota’s economy in crisis amid ICE surge.

February 12.   MPR News: Walz backs $10M aid package for Minnesota small businesses hurt by ICE surge.

February 13.   The Associated Press: Minneapolis mayor says federal immigration operation cost the city’s economy $203 million. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the damage from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement surge in the city would be lasting and called on the federal government to help pay the costs.

February 13.   Suhauna Hussain: Trump immigration sweeps upended L.A.’s economy, with some businesses losing big.

March 5.   Jenn Stowe: How ICE Enforcement Is Driving Black Domestic Workers Out of Public Spaces.

March 10.   Stephen Starr: Immigrant truck drivers are vital to the economy. ICE crackdown is forcing them off roads.

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February 17.   Michael Sainato: ‘It comes from racism’: immigrant workers on Trump’s deportation push: The president’s actions have sent a wave of terror through the community that underpins much of the US economy.

June 11.   The Wall Street Journal: ICE Raids Have Sent Latino Shoppers Into Hiding and Big Brands Are Hurting: Coca-Cola and other companies have seen a drop in sales due in part to a pullback by Hispanic consumers.

July 3.   Planet Money: How ICE crackdowns are affecting the workforce.

August 27.   Aaron Reichlin-Melnick: Trump’s Immigration Actions Are Taking a Toll on Local Economies – Here’s What the Data Says So Far.

October 11.   Lauren Kaori Gurley: Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices: In an unusual acknowledgment, the Labor Department said that tougher immigration enforcement is hurting farmers and the food supply.

November 6.   Scott Neuman: ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry.

November 19.   Carlos De Loera: ICE raids may stunt economies of states with large Latino populations.