1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

The administration’s immigration policies are bad policy. They appear poorly considered and insufficiently informed by the practical realities of our workforce and economy, with significant consequences for businesses, workers, families, and essential services. The termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian workers is a clear example. As reported by The Wall Street Journal, home-care agencies, nursing homes, restaurants, hotels, retailers, airport contractors, and other businesses are already struggling to replace workers who lost employment authorization. These disruptions can reduce services, increase costs, and place additional burdens on an already strained workforce. Immigration policy should be based on careful analysis of economic conditions, workforce needs, and the consequences for communities—not on broad political assumptions about immigrants. Policies that remove experienced workers from essential industries without a realistic replacement strategy can do serious damage. Please take these economic and workforce consequences seriously when evaluating and responding to the administration’s immigration policies.