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Impacts of Increased Raids and Mass Deportation by the Trump Administration on Economic Vulnerability of Forcefully Removed Africans (2016-2025)
The mass deportation regime under President Donald Trump’s administration 2017-2021 marked a significant shift in US immigration enforcement, characterized by increased workplace raids, expansion of ICE operations, and the termination of prosecutorial discretion. Africans, though a smaller share of the undocumented population, experienced a 43% increase in deportations during this period according to DHS data. This study examined the impacts of increased raids and mass deportation on the economic vulnerability of forcefully removed Africans. Anchored on Securitization and radicalized border th…
