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  • Agricultural economists are sounding the alarm about produce prices doubling

    This Fortune article (August 28, 2025) predicts that the combination of tariffs and deporation of key labor sectors will increase food prices in the U.S. this winter.

  • US economy has lost 1.2 million foreign born workers since January 2025

    This article describes a recent report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of the Census which shows that between January and July, 2025, 1.2 million foreign born workers (authorized and unauthorized) left the labor force.  This was the result of detentions, deportations, and “work “no shows” due to fear of detention/deportation and no new incoming labor.  Unauthorized…

  • Unauthorized Record 14 million in 2023

    A new Pew Center Research Report (August 2025) describes unauthorized populations and shows that, after a peak of 14 million in 2023, the US has seen a 1.5 million person decrease in the immigration population (both authorized and unauthorized) during the first half of 2025.  This is the result of fewer incoming immigrants and some deportations (forced and self-determined.)…