Industry groups representing construction, agriculture and other labor-dependent sectors are warning the Trump administration that its immigration crackdown is worsening worker shortages and could conflict with other economic priorities, including lowering housing costs and maintaining food production. The administration's effort to end deportation protections for roughly 1.3 million people who had been authorized to work in the U.S., combined with increased immigration enforcement, has intensified existing labor shortages, industry groups said. The residential construction industry is already short between 200,000 and 400,000 workers, he told CNN. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has called for changes to employment visa programs while maintaining that undocumented workers should be deported, drawing criticism from immigration hardliners. Researchers estimated that for every six undocumented workers removed from employment, one U.S.-born worker also lost a job.