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Homebuilders haven’t seen much disruption from deportations yet, John Burns finds
Around 13% of the U.S. construction workforce is estimated to be undocumented—including 23% laborers.
During his campaign, Donald Trump vowed to implement mass deportations. Since regaining power, he has signed multiple executive orders aimed at tightening border security and increasing arrests by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.
In theory, an increase in deportations—let alone “mass deportations”—could impact U.S. homebuilders and their network of subcontractors.
While we don’t exactly know how many undocumented immigrants work in construction, we know it’s a chunk. In 2016, Pew Research Center estimated that 13% of the U.S. construction workforce is undocumented. In 2021, the Center for American Progress estimated that 23% of construction laborers are undocumented (see their full breakdown below).
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