Wall Street Journal: "The immigration crackdown is making it much harder to build houses"
No surprises here. Wall Street Journal: "The immigration crackdown is making it much harder to build houses". The bottom line:
"The summer surge in federal immigration raids is hitting the housing market, pushing up labor costs and freezing projects.
Nearly two-thirds of builders said immigration enforcement is affecting their labor force, up from 23% in March and 13% a year ago, according to a September John Burns Research & Consulting survey."