Every day we are seeing new studies showing the negative economic and social impacts of mass arrests of immigrants. To help keep track and give an overview, we created a page that lists dozens of reports using a range of different methodologies, all showing the same thing: mass immigration arrests shrink the economy.

A new report from Chicago’s Cook County adds to a growing body of evidence that spikes in ICE arrests lead to economic impacts that harm both immigrants and U.S.-born workers, on top of the shocking human rights abuses. The report from Cook County measured a loss of $1.25 billion in foot traffic from Latine consumers.

The National Immigration Law Center published a report last month exploring the impacts ICE activity and mass deportation efforts have had on public schools. The report confirms many of the predictions immigration advocates have made since the Trump administration took office in 2025.

Shamier synthesizes new research from America’s Voice, Economic Policy Institute, and the Immigration Research Initiative to show that mass deportation’s costs — lost jobs, higher prices, billions in public spending — fall on everyone.