Christian Science Monitor Quotes Professor Saucedo on ICE Raids' Economic Impact

Professor Leticia Saucedo spoke to the Christian Science Monitor for a June 20 story exploring the potential economic impact of immigrants not going to work because of fears stoked by recent raids on farms, hotels and other workplaces under President Trump's mass deportation campaign.

“We’ve never really figured out as a nation what to do with nativist sentiment that says we need to restrict immigration – and the reality on the ground, which is that immigrants are doing a lot of work,” Saucedo told the Monitor. And now the administration is grappling with the potential economic impact of Trump’s mass deportation goals, which helped re-elect him.

Trump has waffled on targeting certain industries, saying at a June 12 press conference that “changes were coming” to immigration enforcement targeting the ag industry. His administration reportedly then paused raids on farms, hotels and restaurants, before reversing course again.

Leticia Saucedo, a professor of law at UC Davis School of Law, is an expert in employment, labor, and immigration law and the co-director of the UC Davis Labor and Community Center of the Greater Capital Region.