Some Texas business leaders are apprehensive about Trump's pledged deportations

[SARose]

BY ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ, ALEJANDRO SERRANO, BERENICE GARCIA, CARLOS NOGUERAS RAMOS AND JOSHUA FECHTER
JAN. 8, 2025

In Texas, undocumented people have built apartment complexes and skyscrapers that changed skylines. They have picked fruits and vegetable in fields, cooked in restaurant kitchens, cleaned hospitals and started small businesses. They have become stitched into communities from El Paso to Beaumont.

Now some of their employers worry that many of them could get deported when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.

A number of Texas business leaders interviewed by the Tribune describe a sort of wait-and-see apprehension about Trump’s pledged mass deportations. The impact any deportations could have on Texas’ economy will largely depend on the specifics of what Trump does, business leaders say. But those specifics are not yet clear.

“I don’t think any of us know exactly what’s coming as far as policy — we’ve heard all of the rhetoric,” said Andrea Coker of the North Texas Commission, a nonprofit that promotes the Dallas region.

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But you still voted for him, right?

[calimary]

1. Oh yeah? NOW you're worried???

All you cared about was electing Tax Cut Guy.

That’s ALL that resonated with ANY of his biggest fans with the biggest bank accounts and the biggest lust for the most power. They’re the ones who have you on Permanent Ignore.

[Lovie777]

2. Yeah, they voted for shithole..............

when the economy goes south and under, most Americans are gonna blame shithole/musk and the magas.

[SARose]

4. You so right

I still don’t know if MAGA is just stupid or “special.” My family members are gung ho Trumpers. They think none of Trump’s madness will ever impact them.

Okay.

[hatrack]

3. Tough titty, motherfuckers - this is what you voted for.

Own it, accept it, deal with it.

[SARose]

5. Absolutely

Wait until there aren’t any more nuggets or boneless skinless chicken breasts. Do you know how to cut up a chicken?

And your avocado toast - buh bye.

[UniqueUserName]

6. I'm sort of glad about the avocado toast

It is my understanding that indigenous peoples who had depended on avocados as cheap good sources of sustenance can no longer depend on them.

Avocados were cheap until westerners discovered them and had to have them because of their penchant for novelty.

So avocados for people who need them, want them, and can easily get them seems like a good thing ------ versus westerners feeling that "all your good stuff are mine."

Forgive my hyperbole if you can.

[julmur]

7. Texas

So these business owners are now worried about how their bottom line will be affected, but they had no issue hiring people they knew were undocumented & benefiting financially from?! My heart bleeds 🤦‍♀️

[duncang]

8. I used to live next to the Marek's when I was in high school

In a way it doesn’t surprise me. Even at that time everyone knew they employed people who didn’t have papers. Definitely a family that always thought about how they could make money.