During the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown on Charlotte and Raleigh last week, there was an unexpected twist — in addition to the stories about criminal aliens being apprehended and schools seeing absenteeism among segments of the student body, there were many anecdotes (published and unpublished) about work coming to a stop at construction sites and other labor-heavy projects.
Dave Simpson, president and CEO of Carolinas Associated General Contractors, told Carolina Journal that “Companies are reporting absences, which is concerning because there is a lot of work to be done.”
At one site, the contractor apologized that the project would be delayed for two weeks “due to ICE.” Those frustrated by the delay snapped back that there hasn’t been any recent winter storms before being informed of the immigration raids…