Donald Trump bragged to the press on Friday that his mass deportation plan has "no price tag" despite it potentially costing at least $300 billion to fund and implement.
According to the American Immigration Council, a mass deportation on the scale Trump is threatening would have broader economic costs and drastically impact the US labor market.
Trump has not announced any plan to replace the millions of workers who keep the American food chain supply going from farm to store to table, nor does he have a way to fill the millions of other jobs that keep daily American life running.
NBC News reported that Trump could withhold federal grants from police and sheriffs’ departments that refused to participate in programs to round up immigrants.
Democratic Governors in Blue states announced their plans to safeguard their residents from any of Trump's draconian actions, including protecting legal immigrants from being stripped of their citizenship.
California Governor, Gavin Newsom called a special state legislative session next month to “safeguard California values and fundamental rights in the face of an incoming Trump administration”. Aside from being the world's 5th largest economy, California is home to one of the country’s biggest and most vital immigrant population.
Illnois Gov. JB Pritzker said Trump would "have to go through" him to get to "his people."
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she would "attempt" to work with the new Trump administration, but also vowed to block any moves to restrict reproductive freedoms, roll back environmental control, or loosen gun controls. “If you try to harm New Yorkers or roll back their rights, I will fight you every step of the way,” she said in remarks aimed directly at Trump.