Jacob Ogles
If the Supreme Court allows worker authorization for Dreamers to cease, Florida could pay a steep price.
That’s according to a new study from FWD.us, which shows some 24,040 jobs could be lost each month if President Donald Trump’s administration is allowed to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
Three quarters of those jobs will be concentrated in 12 states, the study said. For Florida, that means a potential loss of 22,330 jobs over two years.
“On top of the devastating moral costs that would result from the Supreme Court ending the DACA program and putting 700,000 young people at risk of deportation and separation from their families, it would force more than 22,000 hardworking Floridians out of our state’s workforce,” said Ted Hutchinson, Florida director for FWD.us.
“Florida’s economy can’t afford to lose out on the jobs, lost revenue, or cover the wasteful costs to businesses to replace these talented individuals. We urge the Court justices to side with young people and families, and reject the Administration’s continued attempts to end this critical program.”
The study ranks Florida fifth in the nation among states that will be hit the hardest economically.
The state is home to some 25,090 DACA recipients. Most of those work, and the study predicts Florida would experience an average 210 jobs lost every business week should their employment eligibility be revoked.
FWD.us is working with some of the DACA recipients now working in Florida to make the case protections should not be ripped away.
FWD.us notes Florida’s record low unemployment of 3% shows there’s little indication other Floridians are available to fill those jobs.
The wrangling at the federal level comes as FWD.us also frets over mandatory E-Verify rules being debated in the Florida Legislature now.
A separate study by FWD.us released last month shows those requirements could cost Florida 253,000 jobs.
4 comments
Ron
March 5, 2020 at 10:48 am
“Job losses are estimated assuming 89% of DACA recipients are employed, based on survey data from Tom Wong of the U.S. Immigration Policy Center at the University of California, San Diego; United We Dream; the National Immigration Law Center; and the Center for American Progress.”
Small print disclaimer found at the bottom of the so-called “study”. Estimates, assumptions and screaming.
Leftist sourced from a leftist organization funded by Gates and other leading lights of the digital empire.
JJ
March 5, 2020 at 10:58 am
Ending DACA will be a good thing for American workers. Each job lost by a DACA employe will both create a job for an American and, more important, increased demand will push wages up.
Why is it that DACA supporters never consider the “devastating moral costs” of illegal entry into this country?
John K
March 6, 2020 at 1:11 pm
Exactly! And each job will be filled with an American citizen… and I have read before that it would most benefit the minority communities… both in job creation and increased wages… so it is a double win for us!
Tim
March 6, 2020 at 2:20 pm
If the jobs are productive and necessary, then the proper job holders will fill them – AMERICAN CITIZENS. What a bogus – self-serving study for the selfish anti-Americans (like the greedy Bill Gates) that sit on the Board of the study sponsor.
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