Rhetoric vs reality.
-Out of the 11 million unauthorised migrants lived in America in 2022, 8.3 million are in the workforce.

-Mass deportations would not only shrink the labour force in US, it will also strain public finances. While unauthorised immigrants are ineligible for most direct benefits, such as Obamacare, public housing, welfare, they still pay into coffers via sales, payroll taxes for Social Security, Medicare. Many also pay property taxes indirectly through rents.