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Construction workers building homes in far west San Antonio on Dec. 10, 2024.

Some Texas business leaders are apprehensive about Trump’s pledged deportations

“We wouldn’t survive” without undocumented workers, one South Texas produce business owner said. By one estimate, 8% of Texas’ workforce lacks legal status.


A farm worker drives a forklift to move containers to be filled with grapefruits at Lone Star Citrus Growers groves near Mission on Dec. 16, 2024.
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