NPR -- 'We need to get out of here': Trump's immigration crackdown is quietly reshaping where immigrants live in America

NPR reports that the Trump administration's immigration crackdown is already having widespread effects. The Department of Homeland Security claims 1.6 million immigrants have left the country voluntarily. There's also evidence of internal migration in the United States, as families flee enforcement zones for safer places. Consider Mississippi as an example. In 2019, there was an immigration raid at multiple food-processing plants near Jackson. Following the raid, the flow of immigrants out of Mississippi is double the flow in.

Under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, "many are deciding to hide in place, while others are self-deporting. But there's also anecdotal evidence that people are relocating, from cities with aggressive immigration enforcement to places with fewer raids, where they feel safer."

One interesting aspect of the story. Immigration enforcement operations have been targeting areas with significant Latina/o populations, such as Los Angeles and Chicago. One Salvadoran migrant who moved from Nebraska to North Carolina told NPR the following: "It's been quiet here," [Because there are fewer Hispanics], ". . . the town just isn't a big immigration enforcement target."