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Red herring. Nobody said this.
My point is Trump isn’t deporting that many people. His numbers are not economically meaningful compared to tariffs. To the extent there are labour pools that would benefit from deportation, they’re geographically concentrated along the border.
If Trump wanted to remove illegals from the American labour pool, he’d target employers. He can’t [1].
[1] https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5430846/farming-industr...
I’m not sure if this is accurate, but for example: https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/31/migrant-crossings-darien...
Having a recession is a proven way to reduce illegal immigration, and we're at least starting to see recessionary signals.
I’m saying irrespective of what you and I believe, the current administration isn’t meaningfully deporting anyone.
(To the extent I have policy views on this, it’s for coherence. You can’t do disruptive deportations while ignoring criminals all while launching on again off again tariffs which preclude both long-term domestic investment and trade-barrier reductions.)