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As deportations slow construction, tariffs and trade wars make supplies scarcer and costlier.

Six California Republican lawmakers all but begged Trump in June to ease up on the raids, which were hurting businesses.

The crew had just poured a concrete foundation on a vacant lot in Altadena when I pulled up the other day. Two workers were loading equipment onto trucks and a third was hosing the fresh cement that will sit under a new house.

I asked how things were going, and if there were any problems finding enough workers because of ongoing immigration raids.

“Oh, yeah,” said one worker, shaking his head. “Everybody’s worried.”

The other said that when fresh concrete is poured on

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