This week, polls and reports show the effects of Trump's immigration policy on a humanitarian and economic level, but the administration intensifies its offensive in various areas.
For example, Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians has already been officially canceled, leaving them vulnerable to detention and deportation. And as reported by La Opinión, “in July the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) recorded the highest number of arrests in a single month since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), detaining some 51,000 people.” The newspaper also reported that “ICE intensified arrests at air terminals in cities such as San Francisco, Miami and Kansas City, where between one and three dozen arrests were recorded on some days.”
On the other hand, a survey by the My Code Intelligence Center for La Opinión found that young Hispanics from Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, are the ones who know the most people affected by Trump's immigration policies, whether they are family members, friends or acquaintances.
“61% of Generation Z (Hispanic) personally know someone affected by Trump's immigration policies,” the Los Angeles newspaper reported. The same goes for 50% of Generation Z overall.
For their part, 48% of Hispanic Millennials and 39% of Millennials in general said they were closely aware of the consequences of immigration policies, as did 36% of Hispanic Generation X and 22% of Generation X in general.
Likewise, immigration policies affect Hispanic Democrats and Republicans almost equally. 54% of Latino Democrats and 47% of Hispanic Republicans said they have a family member or acquaintance who has been affected.
Eight ICE practices that endanger immigrants
A report from the Ohio Immigrant Alliance listed eight practices and behaviors of ICE agents that represent a danger to immigrants who are targets of immigration operations. These are: "1) abuse of authority; 2) failures in background checks on officers; 3) domestic violence; 4) sexual predation; 5) agents operating without background checks, without training, without accountability; 6) misogyny as a culture; 7) racism and anti-immigrant sentiment, and 8) the use of criminal tactics," reported La Opinión.
Economic impact of the raids
An analysis by the pro-immigrant organization America's Voice concluded that the Trump administration's campaign of detentions and deportations has reduced the workforce in crucial sectors of the economy such as agriculture, construction, home care, and lawn services, for example.
This in turn translates into price increases on products and services, something the organization describes as 'the ICE tax'.
The report is based on an analysis by economists Robert Lynch and Michael Ettlinger, of the Economic Insights and Research Consulting firm, of the consumer price index that found that “during the twelve months ending in June 2026, basic prices (excluding food and energy) rose 2.6%, but goods and services that require a lot of immigrant labor registered increases much higher than that figure.”
The increases fluctuated between 6.3% and 32.1%. For example, “lettuce rose 32.1%, canned fruit 7.9%, fresh citrus 6.3%, apples 7.1%, assisted home care 10.7%, gardening 10.8%, and milk 9%.”
La Opinión reported that “an analysis of payroll data in hundreds of American cities revealed that the increase in [immigration] controls in 2025 caused the loss of approximately 668,000 jobs, of which between 51,000 and 297,000 corresponded to workers born in the United States.”
TPS officially ends for Haitians
La Raza reported that "Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 350,000 Haitians officially came to an end in the United States, after a federal judge authorized the definitive closure of the program following the decision issued by the Supreme Court. The measure leaves thousands of immigrants in a situation of uncertainty, since many could lose their authorization to work and face deportation proceedings."
“According to an analysis by the FWD.us group, nearly 200,000 Haitian TPS beneficiaries are part of the US workforce, mainly in the health, food services, commerce and warehousing sectors,” the article added.
Trump administration deports military parents and spouses
According to the newspaper, “an investigation by The Associated Press documented that more than 50 parents and spouses of active-duty military personnel have been detained by ICE since the beginning of Trump's second term.”
"According to the report, at least six people have already been deported, one voluntarily left the country and eight remain in immigration custody. The agency points out that the government does not keep an official record of these cases and that the real number could be higher," the article adds.
Immigrant children
The EFE Agency reported via La Opinión that “the United States Government plans to award a contract of up to $150 million for the legal representation of immigrant children to a small Texas firm specialized in environmental and regulatory law, which has only two lawyers dedicated to immigration cases” and which has ties to Trump.
“The contract, which would go into effect on August 15 with a duration of one year, will replace the one that the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) had with Acacia Center for Justice, a network of nonprofit organizations whose agreement was not renewed,” the article says.
However, on Thursday “a federal judge in California ordered the Republican administration (Trump) to restore payments to non-profit organizations that provide legal assistance to immigrant minors who arrived alone in the United States, after the government stopped delivering resources for months despite a previous court order,” reported La Opinión.
Quotes of the week:
“The way this group has been specifically targeted symbolizes the government's efforts to criminalize immigrants of color,” said Katie Kersh, an attorney with Advocates for Basic Legal Equality about making the end of TPS official for Haitians.
“How can I even concentrate on my military career if I have to worry about how my wife is?” Sergeant Hedar Leonel Turcios Juárez, whose wife was detained in front of their six-year-old daughter, told The Associated Press.
