According to US brainfooders, anywhere in the range of 11-20 million workers in the US are undocumented, which is something like 10-20% of the total workforce. Hostility to these people is going to have significant economic impact, especially as they dominate the sectors which ‘native’ citizens have long since vacated. Political economy in democracies is diverging - what is popular politically, is damaging economically. Unfortunately, what is damaging economically, might also be good politically - for the populists.
