With a housing market already strangled by government controls, and a construction industry composed of 30% immigrant labor nationwide and 41% in California (with many workers illegally present), the Trump administration’s “mass deportations” agenda means an aggravated housing shortage. America’s atrocious immigration system prevents workers from immigrating legally to work in the construction industry. A recently introduced bipartisan bill, the Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act, aims to address the workforce problems in the construction industry by creating a new visa. The American Immigration Council estimates that President Trump’s deportation agenda could remove 1.5 million workers from the construction industry, causing unprecedented delays and damage to construction businesses and their customers. Peaceful immigrant workers are here to make money and build a life by engaging in trade.