Overview

• The study finds that private-sector employment in California fell 3.1% the week after the June garment factory raid, amounting to 271,541 citizen and 193,428 non-citizen job losses
• Latino and white workers saw the largest declines in reported work, with participation down 5.6% and 5.3% respectively between mid-May and early June
• Lead author Edward Flores cautions that disruptions to undocumented workers create ripple effects that can slow multiple industries
• A recent federal spending bill substantially boosted funding for immigration enforcement, prompting researchers to anticipate further escalations of raids
• Governor Newsom has twice vetoed attempts to extend unemployment benefits to undocumented workers and frozen new Medi-Cal enrollments while the state’s finance department warns deportation programs could degrade the labor force