Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Could Injure the Job Market. Here’s How [Video]

Immigrants made up almost 90 percent of the United States’ labor market growth over the past five years, according to a report that is raising concerns about former President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans.

The National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) said 3.6 million foreign workers entered the U.S. job market between 2019 and 2024, compared to 479,000 American-born workers.

While the Republican presidential nominee’s focus for mass deportation has been on alleged criminals, the target to remove millions was again met with skepticism by the NFAP.

“The reality is that most of the people who would end up getting deported in any sort of mass deportation are people who are simply working in the U.S. labor force,” Stuart Anderson, NFAP executive director, told Newsweek. “In fact, what is likely to happen is there will not there will not be an emphasis on removing criminals, but an emphasis on removing everyone to drive up the numbers to reach quotas.”