Study: Trump Policies Could Cut US Workforce 15.7M

A National Foundation for American Policy study projects the U.S. workforce will shrink by about 6.8 million by 2028 and 15.7 million by 2035 under President Trump’s immigration enforcement policies. The study estimates the decline would cut cumulative GDP by roughly $1.9 trillion through 2028 and by $12.1 trillion through 2035 and could raise federal debt. About 2.8 million of the 2028 shortfall would stem from legal-immigration changes and 4 million from stricter measures against unauthorized immigration, with roughly one-third of the 2035 decline tied to legal policy shifts. Economists warn the declines would particularly strain health care, manufacturing, agriculture and other sectors and could push up prices, while the White House maintains there are sufficient American workers to meet demand. Reporters cite individual displaced workers after the administration ended a humanitarian-parole work-permit program for Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans and Nicaraguans.