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Gwen Moore: “The economic loss of $5 trillion over a decade [could result…”

Featuring: Gwen Moore, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 4

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Rep. Gwen Moore Community-Based Organization Town Hall.

Published | Video Starts at 49:21

And so the other thing that we can really bring up to them is the real cost of trying to deport every single person who may be undocumented. We just, and the loss, The economic loss of $5 trillion over a decade [could result from] mass deportation. I used to say 1 trillion, but that has been upped given, given the productivity that immigrants have had in our workforce and the mass deportation, we could have economic losses, farmers, corporations, companies of $5 trillion over a decade. (49:21–49:31)

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Asserts that mass deportation could lead to an economic loss of $5 trillion over a decade.

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