This report is one of several CMS publications outlining the negative impacts of a mass deportation policy for undocumented immigrants and the communities in which they reside. Using data from the 2022 American Community Survey, the authors focus on the plight of US. Citizens and permanent residents who have undocumented family members. There are 5.8 million US households that are home to at least one undocumented resident. Moreover, over half of the US undocumented population is woven into American life, having been in the country for at least 10 years. Mass deportation would push nearly 10 million US citizens into economic hardship. Median household income for mixed-status households would drop from $75,500 to $39,000 (a drop of over 48 percent). 5.5 million US-born children live in households with at least one undocumented resident, including 1.8 million living in households with two undocumented parents. The authors also point out that 2.6 million undocumented residents, nearly a quarter of the overall population, had little agency in their immigration status, coming to the United States with family before the age of 15. The report also examines the economic consequences of mass deportation.
Proposed 2024 Mass Deportation Program Would Socially and Economically Devastate American families,
Center for Migration Studies, October 10, 2024, 7 pp.
Authors: Matthew Lisiecki & Gerard Apruzzese