Bench Talk | Effect of Trump's Immigration Crackdown on the Labor Market (Dr. Charles Hatten) | August 24, 2026

Today we look at how the Trump administration's crackdown on immigrants has affected overall employment patterns in the US. Two groups of economists have studied the issue and both report that ICE activity is hurting overall employment, even of US-born workers. Dr. Charles Hatten (Bellarmine University) describes their results, and comments on other ways that administration policies are affecting…