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Trump’s Clashing Goals: More Housing, Fewer Immigrants
The Daily
Jul 22, 2026
America's new housing legislation faces a critical failure point: a severe labor shortage exacerbated by mass deportation policies. The construction industry's decades-long transition from a unionized, American-born workforce to a reliance on immigrant labor has created a structural vulnerability that current policy ignores.
Key insight: In the 1970s, construction was a middle-class path for American workers, with 40% unionization; today, that infrastructure has eroded, and the industry is so dependent on immigrant labor that removing it halts construction entirely.