The deportation economy is backfiring on American workers, top economist warns | Fortune0

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• August 7, 2026

As the Trump administration continues to purge hundreds of thousands of workers from the country, Americans aren’t simply taking their places. Instead, their jobs appear to be disappearing with them. The economy lost 23,000 jobs last month, yet the unemployment rate went down as the workforce shrank. America’s emerging deportation economy may account for the