
Claudia Montecinos
Director, Media Relations
This fact sheet examines the costs of Donald Trump’s policy of mass deportation for the state of Nevada.
Immigration has been a key focus of this election cycle. There are an estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants living in and contributing to the United States, many of whom have deep roots in the country and are part of mixed-status families.1 In 2015, Donald Trump began his presidential campaign labeling immigrants as “rapists” and broadly accusing them of “bringing crime” to the United States.2 Since then, he has continued to subscribe to that narrative as he repeatedly criminalizes and belittles the immigrant community and looks to mass deportations as a solution to the nation’s broken immigration system.3 A new report from the Center for American Progress examines the economic consequences of mass deportation in terms of national and state gross domestic product, or GDP, losses in the 12 major sectors of the economy.4
However, Trump’s policy of mass deportation goes beyond monetary costs—it would tear Nevada families apart:
In addition to the losses per industry:
The majority of Americans disagree with Donald Trump: