The American workforce is now short 1.2 million workers — the result of the harshest, most aggressive campaign ever waged to drive immigrants from this country.

President Donald Trump promised that ridding the country of illegal or unworthy immigrants would usher in a golden age. Deporting millions of immigrants would lead to plentiful jobs, higher wages, less crime and more housing.

The fact is, we need those workers. Republican lawmakers and governors must understand that basic economic fact, even if Trump does not. Immigrant labor drives productivity, creates businesses, and fills labor shortages in an aging nation.

Trump is only a tenth of the way toward his goal of 10 million deportations or more, but the results are already becoming clear. In California and Texas, crops are rottin

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