Counting the costs of Trump’s immigration crackdown

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  Good morning from the Financial Times.

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  It's Monday, April 6th, and today we're changing things up just a little bit.

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  We 're going deep into America's immigration debate to explore how months of raids,

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  arrests and fear are weighing on the U.S. Economy.

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  It has had a bit of a chilling effect on certain sectors, definitely agriculture, construction, hospitality.

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  And of course, that will filter down into the numbers.

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  I'm Victoria Craig, and this is your FT News Briefing.

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  After taking the oath of office on January 20th last year,

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  U.S. President Donald Trump sat behind the resolute desk in the White House.

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  It was covered with dozens of executive orders that he signed over the course of an hour as the press looked on.

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  One of the first he was handed by Will Scharf,

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  an assistant to the president, was called Protecting the American People Against Invasion.

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  This is a proclamation guaranteeing the state's protection

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  against invasion based on the current crisis of the southern border.

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  In the nearly year and a half since the president inked his signature on that proclamation,

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  the U.S. Has been rocked by controversy.

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  Some Americans have been outraged by the tactics officers from Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

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  or ICE, have used to carry out that executive order.

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  Thank you very much.

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  We have a very disturbing video out of Queens.

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