"When I wrote last week about how immigration raids are targeting far more laborers than criminals, and whacking the California economy at a cost to all of us, I was surprised by the number of readers who wrote to say it's high time for immigration reform. The cynic in me had an immediate response, which essentially was, yeah, sure. Bipartisan attempts failed in 2006 and 2014, so there's a fat chance of getting anywhere in this political climate."
"Raids, the threat of more raids, and the promise to deport 3,000 people a day, are sabotaging Trump's economic agenda and eroding his support among Latinos. Restaurants have suffered, construction has slowed and fruit has rotted on vines as the promised crackdown on violent offenders - which would have had much more public support - instead turned into a heartless, destructive and costly eradication."
""His heart isn't in the nativist purge the way the rest of his administration's heart is into it," the Cato Institute's director of immigration studies, David J. Bier, told the New York Times. Despite the tough talk, Bier said, Trump has "always had a soft spot for the economic needs from a business perspective.""
Immigration enforcement actions are catching far more laborers than criminals and inflicting economic harm across California. Restaurants have lost workers, construction has slowed, and perishable crops have been left to rot because of enforcement-driven labor disruptions. Threats to deport thousands daily are undermining economic priorities and alienating Latino voters. Despite hard-line rhetoric, there are indications of a softening on deportations linked to business needs. In June, six Republican state lawmakers led by Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares urged easing raids and prioritizing criminal deportations while pressing for immigration reform efforts.
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