How California ICE raids reverberate across the labor market
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🗓️ 10 June 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Undocumented workers form a key part of the economy in a number of industries — including domestic work, agriculture, hospitality and construction. As immigration raids and protests in Los Angeles continue, we'll examine what increased immigration enforcement will mean for the job market, both locally and nationally. Plus: a dispatch from a supermarket in Japan amid rising rice prices and a trial in London with big implications for the business of AI.
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| 0:52.8 | Could temporary work visas help fill jobs left empty after deportations? |
| 0:58.7 | I'm David Brancaccio. By bedtime, last evening authorities had dispersed most of the protesters here in downtown Los Angeles and in the city of Santa Ana. |
| 1:08.0 | The protests against federal government raids on workplaces in search of people |
| 1:12.0 | in the U.S. without permission were quieter and smaller scale yesterday compared to the weekend. |
| 1:17.6 | The Trump administration has brought in National Guard troops against the California governor's |
| 1:22.0 | wishes, and now 700 U.S. Marines are being deployed in the region, something the police chief |
| 1:27.2 | of Los Angeles is calling a significant challenge to his staff's ability to protect the city. And what do the federal workplace raids mean for jobs that need to get done? Marketplaces Kristen Schwab has more of our coverage. |
| 1:41.0 | About a third of domestic workers in the U.S., those are nannies, house cleaners, |
| 1:45.2 | and caregivers, are immigrants, and many are undocumented, says Aijun Poo, president of the National |
| 1:51.0 | Domestic Workers Alliance. People are afraid to go to work. Entire sectors of the economy will slow, |
| 1:59.8 | and there will be workforce crises. |
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