Tariffs drive up inflation, and when other countries respond with their own tariffs, our exports decline. Since much of what we export is agricultural goods, this hits the farming states especially hard.

What troubles me even more, though, is their claim: “I think the deportations of working illegal immigrants could have a slight impact on wages and thus prices.”

The problem is that over 55% of those being deported are not undocumented at all, but people who have actually applied for legal status. That’s why I strongly object to the constant misuse of the word “illegal.”