Trump’s executive orders on immigration are creating fear. What you need to know about them

Although deportations may increase somewhat with President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, it seems unlikely that all of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants will be removed from the United States.  Nevertheless, the impacts of the campaign will be significant.

Jeanne Kuang for Cal Matters writes about the climate of fear of immigrants created by President Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda.  The impacts on life in immigrant communities will likely have impacts on generations of members of the community.  “The uncertainty over immigrants’ futures has led communities to question whether workers should continue to show up to businesses, children to school and patients to doctors’ offices — and whether there will be economic disruptions and school funding consequences as a result. 

Many immigrants are staying home. Others have little choice but to continue their routines.”

KJ