The risks of repression of migrants suffocating the critical supply of US workers

In his business with a cleaning of 1,200 people in Maryland, Chief Executive Officer Victor Moran carefully screams new recruits to make sure they are authorized to work in the United States.

However, President Donald Trump's repression against immigrants begins to withdraw his workforce.

About 15 people have left his company, the overall quality, as Trump won a battle to undress immigrants from Venezuela and Nicaragua from temporary protection, protecting them from deportation, he says.

If the White House expands its efforts, it can cost him hundreds more of his workers who rely on such work permits and would be difficult to replace.

Such types of concerns are reflected in business in the United States, as it seems that Trump's deportation is gaining pace, threatening to suffocate the delivery of workers, which is increasingly critical to the US economy.

Almost one of five workers in the United States was an immigrant last year, according to census data. This marks a record high data content that returned for decades, compared to less than 10% in 1994.

Trump has said he is aimed at people in the United States illegally, representing approximately 4% of the workforce in the United States. His bet on mass deportations was central to his campaign and an issue, which has attracted wide support, including many Spanish voters.

His administration resumed job raids, a tactic that was stopped at Biden.

But the White House efforts were much wider in scope, striving for people in the United States by student visas; stopping refugees; and the transition to the cancellation of temporary work permits and other protection, which were provided to immigrants by previous presidents.

Actions threaten the interruption of millions of people, many of whom have been living and working in the United States for years.

“We are horrified,” says Justino Gomez, who was originally from El Salvador and has lived in the United States for three decades.

The 73-year-old is authorized to work on a program known as TPS, which provides permits for temporary work and deportation protection based on the conditions in the homelands of immigrants.

His employment, first as a chef of dishwashers and lines at a restaurant, and now as a cleaner, helped him send an adopted daughter to El Salvador to school to become a teacher.

But Trump has already taken steps to end the Haiti and Venezuela people's program. G -n Gomez, who lives in Maryland, is afraid of El Salvador, may be next.

“Every time I leave home, I have this stress on my mind,” he says to the BBC, through a translator provided by his union, 32BJ Seiu. “Even when I go to the subway, I am afraid that the ice will be there in anticipation of abducting us.”

Many Trump's actions have been subject to a legal challenge, including a TPS case brought by SEIU.

But even if the White House does not successfully strengthen arrests and deportations, analysts say that its repression can weigh on the economy in the near term, as it scares people like Mr. Gomez in hiding and slows arrival.

The growth of the workforce, which is powered by immigrants, has already been flattened since January when Trump took office.

Since companies have a higher time to find workers, this will limit their ability to grow by slowing the economy, warns Economist Giovanni Perry of the University of California, Davis.

The smaller workforce can also feed inflation by forcing companies to pay more to recruit.

If the policies are maintained, they could have distant economic consequences, adds Prof. Perry. He points out the example of Japan, who has seen his economy shrink as it maintains an immigration lid and the age of the population.

“Undumed attacks are part of a policy that really wants to transform the United States from one of the places where immigrants are coming, are integrated and part of the success of society closed,” he says.

“Instead of a growth engine, it will become a more resistant and slow -growing and less dynamic economy.”

Many companies say it is already difficult to find people to fill the available jobs.

Adam Lumpert, CEO of Texas -based care at Cambridge and Manchester Care Homes, which provides an assisted life and home care, says about 80% of its 350 employees were born abroad.

“I don't go out and I don't put ads for non -iconic to fulfill our roles,” he says. “Immigrants respond to the call.”

Like Moran, he said that Trump's moves had already cost him some workers who were authorized to work on temporary permits.

He said he was also worried about the pulsation effects of Trump's repression on his business, which in some way competes with undecided workers hired directly by families to provide care.

He said that if these workers were forced, it would increase the demand for his own staff – forcing him to pay more and eventually raise his prices.

“We will have incredible inflation if you scrape all these people from the economy,” he warned. “We cannot do without these people in the workforce.”

At Harris Health System, a large Texas hospital network, changes to Trump's policy has already led to the loss of some workers, says Chief Executive Officer Esmail Port.

He says the training of US workers to fill the jobs in his sector will take years, given the growing needs.

“As the population is aging and we are pressing against a viable source of current and future labor, this issue will come at the forefront,” he says.

Last week, Trump acknowledged that the interruption of his policies was setting up for sectors that rely largely to unspecified labor, such as hospitality and agriculture, even reported that he was temporarily making raids in the workplace in some industries after receiving a temporary blowing from fellow Republicans.

But despite fears about the economic impact, the Secretary of the Ministry of Interior Security, Trisha McLaughlin, told the BBC that such attacks remain a “cornerstone” of their efforts.

In the housing industry, companies across the country announce that they see some work crews to stop for a job that will slow down construction and increase costs in a sector where prices are already a problem, says Jim Tobin, President of the National Housing Builders Association, which represents enterprises in the sector.

The industry has called for the Congress to reform immigration laws, including the creation of a special visa program for construction workers.

But G -n Tobin says he soon does not expect major changes to immigration policy.

“I think it will take a signal from the president about when it is time to engage,” he says. “Everything is currently related to the implementation.”