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Enforcement Hits Local Jobs Hard | Kansas City News
A new Brookings report reveals that aggressive immigration enforcement is triggering widespread job losses across the U.S., including in Kansas City, where nearly 8,000 jobs vanished. The crackdown isn’t just hurting immigrants—it’s forcing businesses to scale back, delay projects, and cut staff, while families live in fear, altering daily routines and risking detention. As policies shift and asylum rules change, immigrant communities are rallying to support each other economically, but the ripple effects are hitting American-born workers too. The myth that deportations create jobs for…
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