The only Fords I’m interested in still are the F series trucks and the Mustangs.
Bingo!
You just hit on the crux of the problem.
Ford is moving small vehicle production to Mexico.
This is because they lose money on every small car they make in the US.
Trucks, Mustangs and SUVs are still profitable.
The assembly plant that used to make the small cars
is being switched over to SUV production.
You can read about the move in this article from Fortune.
Very simply, the effect on US auto jobs is a wash.
There is no net loss of employment in the US due to this move.
Ford is simply taking the segment of its manufacturing
with the lowest margin (in this case negative) and putting
it where the production costs are also the lowest.
And none of this would be an issue at all if Congress was not
micro-managing the auto industry through CAFE standards,
which they have no Constitutional authority to do in the first place.
And yes - the Administration shares in the blame for this move.
If they were not hell bent on this stupid "Green Agenda"
there would be a gain in employment here in the US.