Trump’s deportation plans result in 320,000 fewer immigrants and slower population growth, CBO says

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON AP President Donald Trump s plans for mass deportations and other hardline immigration measures will development in roughly people removed from the United States over the next ten years the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office noted Wednesday in a account that also projected that the U S population will grow more slowly than it had previously projected Trump s tax and spending law passed by Congress and signed in July included roughly billion to ramp up his mass deportation agenda over the next four years This includes funding for everything from an extension of the United States southern demarcation wall to detention centers and thousands of additional law enforcement staff The CBO detected that immigrants could be removed through those measures and an additional people could leave the U S voluntarily Coupled with a lower fertility rate in the U S the reduction in immigration means that the CBO s projection of the U S population will be million people lower by than the nonpartisan office had projected in January It cautioned that its population projections are highly uncertain but estimated that the U S will have million people in Related Articles Conservative activist Charlie Kirk in critical condition after being shot at Utah college event From slavery to corruption National Park employees flagged material deemed disparaging to US Trump administration wants to cancel Biden-era rule that made conservation a use of residents land Teachers sue over Trump s immigration crackdown saying students are staying home Alex Jones asks U S Supreme Court to hear appeal of billion Sandy Hook judgment Lower immigration to the U S could have implications for the nation s financial market and the ruling body s budget The document did not directly address those issues but it noted that the projected population would have fewer people ages to the age group that is majority of likely to participate in the labor force than the agency previously projected Democrats in Congress have been warning that mass deportations could harm the U S financial sector and lead to higher prices on groceries and other goods In the White House Trump has stated he wants to see a baby boom in the U S and his administration has bandied about ideas for encouraging Americans to have more children But the CBO uncovered no indication that would happen Deaths are projected to exceed births in two years earlier than previously projected it noted