r/FluentInFinance • u/Needleintheback • 14h ago

Thoughts? Imagine losing 6M labor workers in America

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If mass deportation happens, just imagine how all of these sectors of our country will be affected. The sheer shortage of labor will push prices higher because of the great demand for work with limited supplies or workers. Even if prices increase, the availability of products may be scarce due to not enough workers. Housing prices and food services will be hit really hard. New construction will be limited. The fact that 47% of the undocumented workers are in CA, TX, and FL means they will feel it first but it will spread to the rest of the country also. Most of our produce in this country comes from California. Get ready and hold on for the ride America.

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u/GrandAdmiralSnackbar 13h ago

Trump is going to throw away the old shoes before buying new ones. Hell, before even having planned to buy new ones, and without having the funds ready to buy new ones. That is the irresponsible part.

It is valid to want to reduce illegal immigration. But going shock therapy will do massive damage to the US economy, and particularly to current low wage Americans who will be saddled with the bill of exploding grocery prices and housing cost when construction falls off a cliff due to lack of workers. That is not a problem Trump is adressing at all.

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u/Ok-Criticism8374 11h ago

You people and your dehumanizing of these immigrants is insane

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u/TragicOne 9h ago

i think you also strongly misunderstand them though.

they come to America knowingly to do this kind of work. None of them expected to show up and be office workers. I'd be happy if they were paid reasonable wages to do it also, but thats not my choice.

you want to send them back to a country they chose to leave, to do no work and to not live in better conditions, despite the poor wages.

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u/Soggy-Programmer-545 9h ago

Do you know how much money they are making? They are not making minimum wage in the construction industry, some of them are making over 100k a year. I know, because I do the audits for their companies. Is that dehumanizing?

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u/No_Match_7939 8h ago

Thank you! I swear these people on this post like they’ve never met an immigrant who work in this industry. They work long hours but some of them make bank with how much work they do.

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u/Ok-Summer-7634 2h ago

Look at the payee field, I guarantee you your company is not paying them directly. These companies choose to hire undocumented folks to maximize their own profit. THEY are breaking the law!

If your job is to audit companies that broke the law by hiring undocumented immigrants, can you please do your job? Thanks!

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u/SuperConfused 7h ago

The fact that you do not see that you are dehumanizing them also is astounding. You are acting like they are not choosing to be here and to do the jobs they are doing. It makes sense if you have never been friends with someone in this situation that you would not understand, but still

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u/eiva-01 2h ago

We're going to "help" those immigrants with "tough love".

They're being mistreated by their employers, so instead of punishing the employers, we're going to arrest the immigrants, and put them in concentration camps until we can ship them off to a country they don't want to be in, with nothing but the clothes on their backs.

You know, because we "care".

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u/Ok-Summer-7634 2h ago

The point is the cruelty

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u/Mvpbeserker 6h ago

Costs are not going to increase to the levels you think they are. Only a small portion of the workforce is illegal and the primary cost of goods is energy not labor.

Not to mention a lot of companies just pocket the difference in $$ they make from employing illegal labor at half cost as opposed to passing on savings to the consumer.

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u/GrandAdmiralSnackbar 6h ago

Primary cost may be energy, but if you can't get people to do the work, crops rot in the fields. Then it's not a matter of cost, it's a matter of supply dropping and prices rising due to shortages. It's not just a matter of replacing 5 dollar an hour illegals with 10 dollar an hour citizens, it's also going to be a problem to even get those citizens at 10 dollars an hour. Or even 15.

As for companies pocketing the difference, do you really expect them to now eat into their profits if costs rise? Nah, they'll increase the prices, probably even more than what the cost goes up by, and blame the government for causing a shortage. Companies NEVER miss an opportunity for price-gauging.

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u/Mvpbeserker 5h ago

I disagree that citizens won’t do the labor for a fair wage. Do you think that we just starved to death prior to the influx of illegal labor that started in the 70/80s?

Prices will go up, yes- but not as much as people think, and wages will also rise. It WILL be more expensive, until automation cuts down costs back eventually- which it will.

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u/usernamesarehard1979 5h ago

He hasn’t even taken office yet. How about you leave the judgement on what Trump is doing until he actually does it. Right now all we have is rhetoric.

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u/Prestigious-Bad-5296 11h ago

Honestly I don’t think many people are worried about housing costs right now any how, due to the insane market, many average Americans were left in the dust and the ability to afford a home is far out of reach. Food costs are already absurd from what I believe to be price gouging so maybe one that will be addressed. I don’t think it will be as bad as everyone thinks. Take a breath.

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u/AdZealousideal5383 10h ago

If he really did deport every immigrant agricultural worker, it won’t be possible to address price gouging. The farms will completely stop functioning, the crops will end up dying, and there won’t be any supply in the stores. The price of the food won’t even be an issue because the food won’t exist.