DHS disputes report on immigration enforcement impact
UIC researchers say heightened immigration enforcement corresponded with $1.26 billion in lost retail and restaurant spending and $107 million in foregone sales tax.
- One year after the Trump administration launched "Operation Midway Blitz," a University of Illinois Chicago study reported that heightened immigration enforcement caused about $1.26 billion in foregone retail and restaurant activity in Cook County.
- The 10-week operation resulted in approximately 4,500 arrests, with the Department of Homeland Security defending the effort to "decrease crime and remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens."
- Retail trips from Latin American-born neighborhoods fell about 9% and restaurant trips dropped about 10%, with store owner Miguel Orozco reporting "We used to have customers come in from other neighborhoods. They don't come."
- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle stated the enforcement caused $107 million in foregone sales tax revenue, calling it "real strain on workers, families and our local economy."
- Business owners and community organizations interviewed Tuesday do not expect conditions to improve, while former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan warned the impact would be long-lasting.
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DHS disputes report on immigration enforcement impact - Regional Media News
(The Center Square) - University of Illinois Chicago researchers say heightened federal immigration enforcement corresponded with about $1.26 billion in foregone retail and restaurant activity in Cook County, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security dismissed the correlation between a good economy and illegal immigration. [...]
DHS disputes report on immigration enforcement impact – Center Square
A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said former President Joe Biden would have had a booming economy if there was any correlation between rampant illegal immigration and a good economy.
Analysis focuses on the fact that an important part of the population stopped leaving, buying and consuming for fear of migratory operations
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DHS disputes report on immigration enforcement impact
(The Center Square) – University of Illinois Chicago researchers say heightened federal immigration enforcement corresponded with about $1.26 billion in foregone retail and restaurant activity in Cook County, but the
Operation 'Midway Blitz' cost Cook County $1.26 billion in restaurant, retail activity, report finds
Researchers said operation "Midway Blitz" effects continued after it ended, contributing to declines in spending and mobility among people who believe they may be at risk of immigration enforcement.
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