The Trump Presidency: A New Era in Washington

1. THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY: A
NEW ERA IN
WASHINGTON

2. IMMIGRATION VS. DEPORTATIONS
• Arrests of undocumented immigrants
by federal agents increased in June,
but deportations fell to their lowest
point this year as the nation’s court
system sees bigger backlogs,
according to data released Monday
by Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.

3. IMMIGRANTS MAKE AMERICA
• ICE agents arrested 13,914 people last
month, following a trend since President
Trump took office in January and his
campaign promise to crack down on
illegal immigration.
• In the final three months of the Obama
administration, ICE averaged 9,134
arrests per month. That number has
steadily increased under Trump, with the
agency averaging 13,085 each month
from February through June.

4. IMMIGRANTS ( WE GET THE JOB DONE )
• Thomas Simons, senior economist at the Jefferies
investment firm, called the idea “absolutely harmful to
an economy with a population undergoing the
demographic transformation.”
• The bottom line is: The United States needs more
workers. Growth happens when one of two things
occur: The economy gets more workers or the
existing workers become more productive. At the
moment, both of those factors are red flags.
• Productivity growth is sluggish, and, as Trump has
pointed out many times, the percent of American
adults who actually work – the labor-force
participation rate – is hovering at the lowest levels
since 1970’s.