At What Cost? New “Trump’s America” Map and Accompanying Blog Post Details Examples of State-by-State Harm of Mass Deportation

View new “Trump’s America” map HERE, read new accompanying blog post HERE, and access online version of the press release HERE

Washington, DC — America’s Voice continues to ask, “At what cost” to America is the Trump administration willing to go to advance its mass deportation agenda? As part of the ongoing series and as we pass the administration’s first 100 days benchmark, America’s Voice has released a new “Trump’s America” map, documenting the human and economic devastation of mass deportation and searchable by state. View the new map HERE.

Also read a new and accompanying blog post by AV Editor Gabe Ortiz today that accompanies the map, detailing some of the most egregious examples of the costs of the mass deportation agenda. Read the AV blog post HERE.

According to Vanessa Cárdenas, Executive Director of America’s Voice: “‘Trump’s America’ is frightening and chaotic. This state-by-state map paints a disturbing picture of the human and economic cost taking a toll in every corner of our great country. Trump’s obsession to cleanse America of immigrants is at its core, simply cruel. It also disrupts our economy, raises prices of groceries, health care, and housing, and makes all Americans less safe. As a nation of immigrants, we are better than this.”

As Gabe Ortiz details in the blog post:

“Donald Trump’s obsession with mass purging millions of immigrant families and contributors from their homes and workplaces is coming at high economic and human costs to the country, as documented in a new “Trump’s America” map from America’s Voice. In just these first chaotic 100 days alone, the cruelty and costs have already been staggering.

In Arizona, U.S. citizen Jose Hermosillo was wrongfully detained for ten days after he got lost and asked a Border Patrol agent for help. While Hermosillo tried to explain that he was an American, he was ignored. “They say, tell your lawyer,” he said. In Vermont, Palestinian Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was abducted by agents as he was summoned to take what he thought was going to be his final U.S. citizenship exam. He was finally released from ICE custody on April 30, but only because of a federal judge’s order. “The two weeks of detention so far demonstrate great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime,” the judge said. “Mr. Mahdawi, I will order you released.”

…Trump’s obsessions are also leading to economic turmoil, by purging workers from essential industries including agriculture and construction, which only exacerbates existing labor shortages and raises living costs for all working families. Dairy leaders in South Dakota, for example, are worried that Trump’s agenda will threaten their workforce.

…As “Trump’s America” map shows, these human and economic costs are playing out all over the country. Trump’s obsessions are not only cruel, but disrupt our economy, raise prices of groceries, health care, and housing, and make all of us less safe. We must be better than this.”

Background Resources – 100 Days of the Trump Administration

• Check out the America’s Voice website repository on 100 Days of Trump, featuring a digital toolkit, social media graphics, blogs, memos and fact sheets: https://americasvoice.org/high-costs-no-benefits/
• Read the America’s Voice memo, “100 Days Roundup: The Current Polling and Politics of Immigration,” synthesizing the findings from polls over the first 100 days of this administration and highlighting four key takeaways and lessons for those seeking to offer opposition and an alternative to the Trump administration on immigration.
• Read the America’s Voice fact sheet, “High Costs, No Benefits: 100 Days of Trump’s Immigration Agenda,” detailing costs to Americans’ health and retirement security; costs to the U.S. economy; costs to Americans’ safety and security; and costs to Americans’ values and freedoms.