The Human and Global Cost Episode two moves beyond logistics to examine the devastating human toll of mass deportation. Miles Mercer explores how five million American citizen children would be traumatized by losing undocumented parents, creating a generation scarred by separation anxiety and developmental harm. Entire communities would be hollowed out as neighborhoods empty and local economies collapse. The episode dismantles the myth that Americans will simply take jobs left by deported workers, revealing how industries from agriculture to hospitality would face catastrophic labor shortages. Internationally, mass deportation would destabilize Mexico and Central America, forcing countries to absorb millions of returnees they cannot support, creating the exact conditions that drive future migration. The expansion of the detention industrial complex would create perverse profit incentives while subjecting detainees to inhumane conditions. Aggressive enforcement would drive communities underground, making everyone less safe as people fear reporting crimes. The conclusion: mass deportation doesn't just move people across borders—it destroys families, communities, and international partnerships while creating cascading trauma that echoes for generations.
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