Trump’s mass deportation plan would be ‘economic disaster’ for US

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(Outlet: The Guardian) “It would be an economic disaster for America and Americans,” says Zeke Hernandez, an economics professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, of Trump’s deportations threat. “It’s not just the immigrants would be harmed, but we, the people of America, would be economically harmed.”Read More

Trump Blames Immigrant Surge for Housing Crisis. Most Economists Disagree.

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(Outlet: The New York Times) The former president often implies that deportations will bring down housing costs. Reality is more complicated. “In the long run, immigrants are the solution to the housing crisis,” said Exequiel Hernandez, an associate professor who studies immigration at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. “Without immigrants, you can’t increase the supply of housing.”Read More