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The potential economic impact of Trump's mass deportation promise

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Immigration is a key issue of this campaign. Vice President Harris says if elected, she will pass a bipartisan bill strengthening border security. Former President Trump promises a much larger crackdown including mass deportations. Paul Solman examines the potential economic impact of deportations and Trump's claims that immigrants take jobs and lower wages for other Americans. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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Immigration remains another key issue in this campaign. Vice President Harris says if

0:05.9

elected she will pass a bipartisan bill strengthening border security.

0:10.1

Former President Trump promises a much larger crackdown including mass deportations.

0:15.7

One of the key claims from Trump and others that immigrants committed disproportionate number of crimes

0:21.2

has been disputed and contradicted by data. But there's been an

0:24.7

economic argument made by the former president as well that immigrants take jobs

0:29.3

and lower wages for other Americans. Our economic correspondent Paul Solomon gave that a closer

0:35.1

look. An invasion of criminal migrants. For former President Donald Trump

0:41.7

immigration has long been an obsession.

0:44.0

We're a dumping ground.

0:45.4

We're like a garbage can for the world.

0:49.3

But Vice President Harris, too, promises to crack down on illegal crossings.

0:54.6

We will pursue more severe criminal charges against repeat violators.

1:01.2

55% of Americans say they favor reduced immigration amidst a record number of illegal crossings

1:07.2

late last year, straining resources in several cities, including here in New York, though crossings have since plunged.

1:14.0

These are immigrants in the South Bronx, learning construction safety basics.

1:20.0

Almost all have asked for asylum and are in legal limbo until their cases are resolved.

1:25.0

How many of you think you will be working in two months?

1:30.0

What kind of work? Well, Carmine Tavares came here years ago from the Dominican

1:36.4

Republic, he says he's done every job he could find. Contrusion,

1:40.9

aloha electrician, carpenter, plumbers and lacks me.

1:46.0

Wilbur Rauva has been here just one month.

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