(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The National AFL-CIO and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have released a new report - Citizenship and the Affordability Agenda: A Path to Better Jobs, Higher Wages, and Prosperity for All - detailing how the mass deportation agenda is worsening the affordability crisis - as well as disrupting critical industries, eliminating jobs, weakening workplace protections and driving up costs for Working Families.  

National AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler said: “Working People are paying the price for an Immigration System that is destabilizing entire industries and communities and making it easier to exploit Workers. As this report demonstrates, a broad pathway to Citizenship for all would raise wages, create more and better jobs and strengthen our economy in ways that help all of us. It’s past time to give millions of Working People and their families the stability they deserve and we call on Congress to make citizenship a top priority. Working People know that it’s not an Immigrant that stands between them and a good job - it’s the billionaires - and it’s time our laws reflect that.”

The report points to five major findings: Immigration enforcement enables workplace exploitation; Immigration raids stunt business activity and revenue creation; Mass deportation eliminates jobs held by U.S. Citizens; Stripping Workers of legal Immigration Status worsens the affordability crisis; and a Broad path to Citizenship would create jobs and raise wages.

To Directly Access The Report, Go Here: Citizenship and the Affordability Agenda: A Path to Better Jobs, Higher Wages, and Prosperity for All | American Civil Liberties Union