Immigration

ICE has ramped up immigration arrests. That, on top of changes to temporary protected status, could have huge economic implications.

“I worry about the longer-term consequences here,” said Natasha Sarin, president and co-founder or the Yale Budget Lab. “Importantly, they're not consequences that can be reversed.”

A procurement method is letting the Department of Homeland Security rapidly acquire and retrofit facilities for immigrant detention, bypassing the transparency typically required for domestic contracting.

The U.S. is on track to lose more immigrants than it gains in 2026. That means fewer workers paying taxes, building homes, growing food, and caring for an aging population.

Fewer drivers means fewer trucks on the road, and supply and demand dynamics do the rest.

“Our labor market is not a fixed pie distributed among immigrant workers and U.S.-born workers,” said economist Chloe East. “Instead it's much more dynamic.”

We speak with the undocumented people choosing to move abroad.

Social capital refers to the shared values, trust, and social networks that can help communities achieve common goals. It also helps the economy.

In this community, Vietnamese Americans are forging new ties between the United States and Vietnam.

404 Media’s Joseph Cox joins Kimberly to share his insight.