Paul Kiernan

We've seen an uptick in immigration-related arrests. We haven't seen a lot more deportations yet. But still, the prevailing wisdom is that there's a less than 100% chance that you're going to get rounded up and deported. But there is 100% chance that you won't be able to pay your bills if you don't work.

We've seen an uptick in immigration-related arrests. We haven't seen a lot more deportations yet. But still, the prevailing wisdom is that there's a less than 100% chance that you're going to get rounded up and deported. But there is 100% chance that you won't be able to pay your bills if you don't work.

The short answer is that not many people can afford to not work in the United States of America. The sense that I got from talking to people who were both here without legal authorization or had some kind of status is that if you stay home and try to minimize as much as possible the risk of being caught in an immigration raid or something like that,

The short answer is that not many people can afford to not work in the United States of America. The sense that I got from talking to people who were both here without legal authorization or had some kind of status is that if you stay home and try to minimize as much as possible the risk of being caught in an immigration raid or something like that,

You are certain that you will fall behind on your bills. And people just weigh that certainty against the risk that's impossible to measure of getting swept up in a raid somewhere.

You are certain that you will fall behind on your bills. And people just weigh that certainty against the risk that's impossible to measure of getting swept up in a raid somewhere.

Many times immigrants from the same nationality or even the same town will go to one community. Many of them will work in the same factory or the same farm. If the Trump administration is allowed to revoke those people's status en masse, It could leave a lot of employers without a big chunk of their workforce eventually. But we just haven't seen that happen yet.

Many times immigrants from the same nationality or even the same town will go to one community. Many of them will work in the same factory or the same farm. If the Trump administration is allowed to revoke those people's status en masse, It could leave a lot of employers without a big chunk of their workforce eventually. But we just haven't seen that happen yet.

They're just waiting with bated breath. Employers haven't had to make really difficult decisions about letting people go or scrambling to replace workers whose employment authorization was revoked. But there is a lot of anxiety among employers out there that we talk to.

They're just waiting with bated breath. Employers haven't had to make really difficult decisions about letting people go or scrambling to replace workers whose employment authorization was revoked. But there is a lot of anxiety among employers out there that we talk to.

Thanks.

Thanks.