“But even if it doesn’t actually accomplish much in terms of deporting more people, it sends a signal to the American people that we’re cracking down on immigrants, and it will also heighten the fear immigrants already have about what’s going on,” says Stephen Yale-Loehr, professor of immigration law emeritus.
Eswar Prasad, senior professor of international trade policy, says “The lack of insurance coverage against [health crises] probably remains an important driver of precautionary savings.”
“You can organize, but if the employer doesn’t agree to recognize the union or bargain, there’s nothing you can do about it. For workers, there’s nowhere you can go,” says Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab.
Julie Rathbun, senior research associate, says “How do you go from something being so important that it’s a pillar [of the agency], to being so reviled that it’s off of everything?”
Michael Dorf, professor of law, says “Even apart from the many conflicts of interest, lack of transparency, and Musk’s increasingly far-right authoritarian views, this development is truly extraordinary and alarming.”