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Another prong that you

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looked at in your report was

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the role of

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immigration in Wisconsin.

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How does that factor

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into the Wisconsin economy?

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Yeah, it's important to remember

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that immigrants make

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enormous contributions

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to the Wisconsin economy

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$23 billion annually

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estimated by some

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7% of the Wisconsin workforce

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is immigrants.

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And what we document this year

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is research nationally that show

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that when the

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massive deportation raids began

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it obviously

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decreases employment

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of the immigrant workers

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who are deported.

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Obviously.

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But that spills over as well

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to a significant decrease

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in the employment of

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immigrant workers

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who are worried

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or are having to cover

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family responsibilities

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for other folks.

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Just the fear in the community

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represses there.

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But the evidence also shows

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that with these raids

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comes a decline in

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employment for white men

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as well.

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And so what we have

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is a kind of structure

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that's, I think, in theory

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supposed to be better

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for the economy

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in some ways.

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But it's

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these massive raids

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the evidence is that

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they're actually

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shrinking the economy.