{"id":70879,"date":"2026-03-18T09:21:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-ice-raids-upend-south-texas-construction-industry\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T09:21:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:21:50","slug":"trumps-ice-raids-upend-south-texas-construction-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/trumps-ice-raids-upend-south-texas-construction-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s ICE Raids Upend South Texas Construction Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"css-8hvvyd\">\u201cI did vote for Mr. Trump. Deporting the criminals is a great policy. These foundations are poured ready to go, and we can\u2019t even start the construction on them. But we voted for the American dream. And unfortunately, right now, we\u2019re not seeing that.\u201d For months, federal agents have been sweeping up workers at construction sites in South Texas. \u201dICE has raided us anywhere between 10 to 15 times throughout different subdivisions.\u201d Now, worksites across the Rio Grande Valley have ground to a halt, and that\u2019s got some Trump supporters in this midterm battleground changing their minds. \u201cThese people would just show up to our job sites with no warrants, taking all our workers, even the workers with proper documentation.\u201d Many who work in the construction industry here told us they largely rely on immigrant workers, some of whom are undocumented. D.H.S. did not respond to The Times\u2019s request for comment. But in a previous statement, it said these raids protect the nation\u2019s workforce. \u201cI\u2019ve supported Mr. Trump in every election that he\u2019s been a part of. We just never thought that this would come and affect us in the construction industry, but most importantly, affect our economy here in South Texas.\u201d \u201cWe are seeing a reduction of almost 60 percent of our volume on the residential side of our business. We applied for bankruptcy in December.\u201d \u201cWe saw a drop in sales of about $5.3 million. For 40 years, we had never laid anybody off, and until this happened, we were forced to.\u201d And beyond construction, local businesses say fear is keeping shoppers at home. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of loss of sales because of that. It killed us this year.\u201d \u201cConstruction is one of the main pillars to the economy here. Everybody\u2019s hurting.\u201d In the Rio Grande Valley, two of President Trump\u2019s top priorities, the economy and mass deportation, are colliding as ICE raids upend the construction industry. And at a parade along the U.S.-Mexico border, Democrats are trying to capitalize on voters\u2019 frustration. \u201cThe economic implications are huge. People who voted for Trump are no longer doing it because they can\u2019t afford to do it anymore.\u201d For decades, the Rio Grande Valley, where more than 80 percent of the population is Latino, reliably voted for Democrats. Then, in 2024, voters here swung further toward President Trump than almost anywhere else in the country. \u201cI think Democrats stopped showing up here. They took this community for granted. And so when Republican politicians showed up and made big promises, people took a chance. A year later, we\u2019re seeing those promises weren\u2019t kept.\u201d \u201cSo we were going to build 196 apartments here in a year. But because of all the ICE raids and all the enforcements that we\u2019ve been seeing, it\u2019s going to take us three years now to go ahead and finish this development.\u201d County property records show these slowdowns have spread throughout the industry, as banks that lend to homebuilders report fewer transactions. \u201cWe were seeing certain banks that did that kind of lending suddenly have much slower activity. Those numbers were declining to about 30 to 40 percent. We weren\u2019t sure why exactly. And I started asking some of these lenders, \u2018What is going on?\u2019 We found out that they were struggling to keep their people on the jobs because of ICE.\u201d In February, Mario requested a meeting with ICE through his congressional representatives. He went to Washington, D.C., with a few other builders and pleaded with them to ease up on job sites in South Texas. \u201cThey basically told us that if a construction site is not fenced in, it\u2019s considered public property, and that\u2019s why they don\u2019t have to show a warrant. So we started fencing in all our properties.\u201d He said that after the meeting, ICE activity at job sites did decline, but the damage had already been done. \u201cI hope they realize that this is really, really affecting us and it\u2019s affecting the way that we feel towards the administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/us\/politics\/100000010742128\/trump-ice-raids-texas-economy-immigration.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI did vote for Mr. Trump. 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