I work in the building material supply industry. There is no doubt that many of our customers use illegal laborers to build their houses.
I will admit that these guys work and work hard.
But, they need to go. It’s too often when I roll up on a jobsite and no one even speaks English.
The self-deportation and forced deportation will have a big effect on the building trades, which are already undergoing a labor crunch. But I also see it as a benefit. Young people will see the wisdom of a career in the trades. (My son is planning such a career)
There will be a period of time where building will slow due to loss of labor, but soon, Americans will again take up the mantle of craftsmanship.
I also foresee a time when Hispanics can come back, through a legal guest worker program and get back to work as well.
Building would slow PRIMARILY because there would be no need for it. 20+ million people leaving, opens up a lot of housing.
The slow down in construction would be offset by the loss in labor. Citizen construction workers would continue, probably at an increased level, because illegals take up a disproportionate amount of construction jobs. Good construction jobs would open for young people looking to get in. Millenials, who feel no hope of a future, would now have hope.
Those same millenials would now have cash in handbuying things, versus the illegals who sent a lot back home.