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Mass Deportations Could Blow a Hole in City Budgets
Trump’s fear-inducing immigration policies could starve US metro areas of tax revenue from workers who crossed the border illegally.
Karen Bass isn’t the only mayor facing revenue problems.
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The mayors of many of America’s largest cities are worried.
Not only have they had it rough under President Donald Trump, who continues to threaten to carry out heavy-handed deportation raids on urban streets. But now, they worry his administration will make undocumented immigrants so fearful that they’ll stop paying income and property taxes — cutting off a source of much-needed revenue at a time of massive budget deficits and fiscal challenges.