Trump has done something remarkable. He is underwater in the polls on both immigration and deportations.
See Kruggers first
As Julius Sumner Miller would say why is this so?
My guess is because most people thought he would only go after 'rapists and murderers etc" even when he said there would be mass deportations. Going after the more obvious criminals would mean very low deportations as immigrants do not commit many crimes. undocumented criminals even less because they are sent back to their home country after serving their sentence.
Latinos certainly thought this as they voted for Trump in larger numbers than most thought they would. It is no coincidence we do see a lot of Mexican flags in demonstrations.
MAGA people are economically illiterate. Deporting millions of people would have a drastic effect on the economy. See Menzie Chinn for example. The building industry, agriculture ( wineries in particular), factories and personal child care would be severely affected. note all poor paying which is why undocumented immigrants take those type of jobs.
Trump had gone to and fro on this. He recognises the effect on these industries but must have high figures for political effect. So he comes up with the policy on concentrating on blue states.
I do not see this as a viable political strategy indeed we may well see a Peter Wilson effect!
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