During his reelection campaign, President Donald Trump promised that the first item on his presidential agenda would be the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. His plan included eliminating due process, reintroducing COVID-19-era border measures to deny asylum requests, canceling visas of foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests, expanding ideological screening of visa applicants, ending temporary protected status programs, and revoking birthright citizenship, among other measures.
With many of these policies now in effect, and with immigration remaining a central issue, what impact could these policies have on the US economy? Click through the gallery to find out.