RESOURCES

CA4US compiles research and data from leading economic institutions, universities, and policy organizations examining the role immigrant workers play in California’s economy and the impacts of immigration enforcement on businesses, labor markets, and communities.

Recent research shows that immigration enforcement activity has resulted in more than $1 billion in lost productivity, sales, and wages in Los Angeles County and contributed to significant workforce disruption across California.

The reports and data sources below provide additional context on how immigration policy affects California’s workforce, industries, and economic stability.

Research Reports

• LAEDC x DEO: Economic Impacts of Federal Immigration Enforcement in Los Angeles County

• Brookings Institute: Macroeconomic Implications of Immigrant Flows in 2025 and 2026

• UC Irvine: OC businesses lose $59M following immigration enforcement

• UCLA Anderson: U.S. Economy to Slow Through Early 2026, While California Navigates a Two-Speed Recovery

• Bay Area Council Institute: The Economic Impact of Mass Deportations

• UNITE-LA: Business Perspectives on Immigrant Talent & Economic Growth

• Fwd.us: Prices will rise in California as new immigration policies impact crucial sectors of California’s labor force

• UC Merced Community and Labor Center: The Effects of Recent Federal Immigration Enforcement on California’s Private Sector Employment

• Quantifying the Economic Impact of 2025 ICE Raids on California's Agricultural Industry: A Case Study of Oxnard

Data Centers

• USC Dornsife Equity Research Center: California Immigrant Data Portal

• Migration Policy Institute:Profile of the Unauthorized Population - California

PUBLIC POLLING

• Berkeley IGS Poll Institute November 2025: California Voter Sentiments on the Impacts of Federal Immigration Enforcement Actions

• Berkeley IGS Poll Institute August 2025: 69% of CA registered voters disapprove of the way PresidentTrump’s immigration enforcement strategy is being carried out in California

• Gallup: 30% of Americans want immigration decreased, down from 55% a year ago

• Quinnipiac: Support Rises For Giving Most Undocumented Immigrants A Pathway To Legal Status vs. Deportations

• Pew: How the U.S. should handle immigrants living in the country illegally

• CA for Prosperity & Affordability/Binder Research: CA Voters Support Expanding Services for Immigrants

• OC Poll at the University of California, Irvine: OC residents overwhelmingly favor new immigration policy