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The Trump administration\u2019s mass deportation agenda is leading to labor shortages across the country and, some speculate, a drop in international tourism. <\/p>\n

Nationwide, the World Travel & Tourism Council estimates<\/a> that the U.S. will lose more than $12 billion in international tourist spending this year. In June, international visitors to the popular tourist destination, Las Vegas, were down 13 percent<\/a> compared to the same time last year, and overall visits were down<\/a> more than 10 percent. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you tell the rest of the world you\u2019re not welcome, they are going to listen,\u201d Ted Pappageorge, secretary treasurer of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Las Vegas, told The Guardian<\/a>. \u201cOur members are telling us that they\u2019re quite nervous, and that\u2019s why they\u2019re calling it a Trump slump.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In addition to growing anxiety about drops in tourism, many of Las Vegas\u2019s workers also fear they could lose their legal status to work in the United States. Immigrants make up almost 25 percent<\/a> of Nevada\u2019s workforce. <\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the Trump administration attempted to remove Temporary Protected Status<\/a> (TPS) designations for several countries, including El Salvador, Haiti, Afghanistan, and Cameroon. Temporary Protected Status allows people from countries experiencing upheaval, through war, natural disaster, or other crises, to legally live and work in the United States.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfter 25 years in this place, what would I do if they separate me from my children, from my wife, from my life I had built from scratch?\u201d Nery Martinez, an immigrant from El Salvador and bartender at Caesar\u2019s Palace in Las Vegas, told The Guardian. \u201cThose things hurt not just me and people like me, but also hurt citizen children, the community and the economy we help sustain.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to launching attacks on TPS, the Trump administration also eliminated a program that authorized people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to temporarily live and work in the United States if they met certain requirements. A federal court temporarily blocked the administration from ending the program, but, in May, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way<\/a> for the Department of Homeland Security to terminate legal status and revoke employment authorization for the program\u2019s participants.<\/p>\n

A coalition of labor unions, including the AFL-CIO, have condemned the administration\u2019s attacks<\/a> on the program, stating that it will \u201cend humanitarian parole for more than 500,000 immigrants \u2014 all of whom are here legally, and many of whom are union members.\u201d Ending the program will also lead to labor shortages that will create \u201cpunishing work conditions, including excessively long shifts and safety hazards,\u201d the groups warned.<\/p>\n

The Guardian reported<\/a> that a GE Appliances plant in Louisville, Kentucky lost 125 workers in the spring \u201cdue to programs cancelled as part of Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown,\u201d according to an employee. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn three different buildings, on a couple of different shifts, stewards reported that they lost production so they weren\u2019t able to make all the products they were supposed to make,\u201d said Jess Reese, a replacement operator at the plant and organizer for IUE-CWA Local 83761. \u201cIt was hard to cover certain job tasks on the assembly line, and so that created chaos, and it was just hard to get things done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Workers were also pushed out of a Kraft-Heinz plant in Holland, Michigan, which has led to mandatory overtime and dangerous working conditions. Tomas Torres, a maintenance mechanic of 13 years, and president of RWDSU Local 705, told The Guardian he has been working 12 to 14 hour days. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m tired. And you catch people falling asleep on the line, and it\u2019s a big safety issue,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe had people there for 20 years, and all of a sudden they get notification their immigration authorization is revoked,\u201d he told The Guardian. \u201cAnd they can\u2019t be there anymore, and that just puts a strain on everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n

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