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Oscar Martinez has a drywall company, and he says that one-third of his 20 employees have left the state, reported Yahoo! Finance.

I took a big hit since my workers started hearing crazy stories about being deported, and they panicked, he said. Martinez claims The Americans I hire cant last in this job more than half a day. Citing the Workers Defense Project, the media outlet reported that about half of the construction workforce in the country are illegal aliens.

The industry is complaining of late projects as a result of the flight out of the state.

Similar fears have sent shockwaves through many sectors of the U.S. economy. In most cases, demographers and economic experts say its too early to quantify the full impact of workforce shortages fueled by immigration fears, but anecdotal evidence is widespread, Yahoo! Finance reported. The executive director of the National Immigration Forum, a pro-immigrant advocacy group, was reported to say, Ive heard from growers, construction, and the service industry about a destabilization of the workforce in Texas and around the country. Its definitely happening more in states that are considering major immigration enforcement policies.

These sorts of employers hate the free-market. In the face of high labor costs, they refuse to innovate or streamline. Instead, they take subsidies in the form of cheap illegal alien labor and call their fellow citizens lazy and arrogant just for wanting traditional American living standards. But when do we fight back and call these employers what they are: entitled, avaricious, and anti-American, Dale Wilcox, the executive director and general counsel for the Immigration Reform Law Institute told Breitbart Texas.

Construction companies often misclassify workers as independent contractors rather than employees. Doing so gives them an unfair competitive advantage over companies who properly classify their workers as employees. The misclassification also cheats the state and federal government out of employment taxes and unemployment insurance premiums. When workers are laid off from these unscrupulous companies, workers are not eligible for unemployment benefits, Breitbart Texas reported.

The construction industry, particularly certain home builders, effectively blocked legislation in the state legislature in 2011, 2013, and 2015.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the toughest anti-sanctuary city law in the United States in early May. Senate Bill 4 provides for criminal penalties (Class A misdemeanor) for police chiefs and sheriffs that refuse to honor immigration detainers, and they can be removed from office. Local entities, a state justice agency, or campus police department, would be subject to civil penalties of up to $25,500 a day for violating the new law.

Breitbart Texas provided extensive coverage on SB 4 as legislators fought to get it through the House and Senate chambers, and the aftermath as cities in Texas are filing lawsuits to block the law. SB 4 is set to go into effect on September 1 of this year.

Texas has been in the forefront of the sanctuary city fight. An ICE report on March 20 exposing sanctuary jurisdictions ranked Travis County, Texas, as number one in the country for not complying with ICE detainers. As Breitbart Texasreported, wellover 70 percent of the 206 criminal aliens releasedduring the week of January 28-Februay 3 were released by the Travis County Sheriffs Office.

The clampdown on illegal immigration in the U.S. has also hit industries beyond construction companies. Breitbart News reported in late May that once the Trump Administration came into power and started enforcing federal immigration law, farmers in California began complaining about a labor shortage. Farmers dealt with the issue by using technology, as an example, a leaf puller can replace25 workers. Other farmers have decided to quit agriculture entirely reported the Los Angeles Times.

Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter@BobPriceBBTXandFacebook.

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PENDLETON, Oregon The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a call thats been heard locally asking citizens to pressure local law enforcement to stop hassling people about their immigration status. Both Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan and Jail Administrator Capt. Stewart Harp say that doesnt happen here, because of both court rulings and Oregon law.

Harp said that when the Department of Immigration and Naturalization Service issues a detainer to hold on to a prisoner in the jail, its ignored. Thats because courts have ruled that the detainer isnt enough to hold someone. An arrest warrant is required. Harp says INS continues to issue detainers, and UCSO continues to ignore them.

If INS has an interest in them, theyre notified through the booking process that the individual is in custody, Harp said. If they want to do something with them, theyre going to have to come and get them, because their detainers just arent valid.

Rowan says theres another myth that might be true in some locations but doesnt happen in Oregon and thats the idea that local law enforcement can stop and question people simply to inquire about their citizenship status. State law has forbidden that for the last 30 years.

No local police department, sheriffs office, or local entity can use state resources for the furtherance of immigration violations, Rowan said.

That law, which was passed in 1987, never created much of a controversy at the time, according to political observers. Considering the Trump Administrations crackdown on illegal aliens, it is now being copied by other states in their quest to become sanctuary states.

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Forbes

An Expensive Escape Hatch For US Illegal Immigrants Fearing Deportation Forbes President Trump's proposed budget aims to dramatically increase immigration enforcement and border security funding by adding $300 million to the current $20 billion spent each year. The proposed budget would also provide funds to increase immigration ... How Sanctuary Cities Can Protect Undocumented Immigrants From ICE Data MiningThe Intercept Business pushes Rauner to sign bill to protect immigrantsChicago Tribune ICE director: If you entered the US illegally, you 'should be concerned'ABC News Independent Journal Review -GOPUSA all 49 news articles »

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TVLine

The Ranch Part 3 Tackles Illegal Immigration In Episode 5 Twist TVLine Colt is initially shocked by the news, having had no idea that his best friend was in the U.S. illegally, but above all else is clearly devastated. Asked by Rooster why he never told them, Umberto says there was no upside [to telling you]. We live in ...

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As left-wing blog Mother Jones reported, the initiative to protect illegal immigrants would be included in the California state budget. The proposal makes it illegal for local or county jails from entering into agreements with federal immigration authorities to protect Americans from illegal immigrant crime.

Coincidentally, the two organizations pushing the plan behind the scenes have links to Soros and his infamous Open Society Foundation, which serves as a slush-fund to enrich left-wing social justice and open borders groups.

For instance, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC), which is promoting the plan, has taken grant money from Soros Open Society Foundation since at least 2009 when itreceived$200,000 from Soros.

In 2012, ILRC took even more money from the Open Society Foundation, receiving more than $1.8 million from Soros that year.

The other open borders organization behind the pro-illegal immigrant California plan is the Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC) This group also has staff ties to Soros.

CIVIC staffer Tina Shull runs the organizations storytelling projects, while also being a recipient of the Soros Justice Fellowship, a Soros-funded grant department that gives out anywhere between $58,700 to $110,250 to specific individuals for social justice advocacy.

CIVICs co-executive director Christina Fialho told Mother Jones in an interview that California potential ban on detaining illegal immigrants was a powerful first step in the states overall agenda to oppose President Trumps agenda.

This is not the first California initiative this year that Soros-linked organizations have pushed. Breitbart Texas reportedin May that the Soros-funded Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) pushed legislation forcing landlords to rent to illegal immigrants, even after they know their immigration status.

John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart Texas. Follow him on Twitter at@JxhnBinder.

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