Last year constructions jobs in El Paso experienced slow growth since recovering the job losses the economic sector experienced in 2024. Although the sector grew by around 1% in early 2025, workforce pressures from the government shutdown and immigration among other factors like high interest rates have slowed new construction in El Paso.
Immigration raids on Texas homebuilding sites were “openly assumed that the construction industry was being negatively impacted,” but few, including the home builder advocates would officially acknowledge it, presumably out of fear of antagonizing the Republican leaders in Texas.
That was until Mario Guerrero, the executive director of the South Texas Builders Association, posted a video on the association’s Facebook page pointing out the home construction industry was being hurt by the immigration raids across the nation. Poignantly, Guerrero started his video post with “I would like to start off this video by saying that I am an American citizen, and it’s crazy that we’re living in times where you actually have to state that.”…