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This page is part of a resource collection: Tracking ICE During the Second Trump Administration.

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 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.

News: 2025

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.

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.