Alabama builders rethink deportations as raids disappear hundreds of their
'God-fearing, family-oriented' immigrant workers
Eva Roytburg
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On construction sites across Baldwin County, Ala., workers are vanishing mid-shift. Not because they quit, but because immigration agents hauled them away-the "God-fearing, family-oriented" laborers who braved blistering summer heat on rooftops to support their fam-ilies.<
Now, contractors warn the raids are deepening a labor shortage that already threatens the state's economic prosperity: Even in Alabama,
where 65% of voters backed President Donald Trump with immigration as a top campaign is-sue.
Russell Davis, executive vice-president of the Home Builders Association of Alabama, told Fortune the industry is already feeling the shock.
"We've had several situations where we've had job sites raided, for lack of a better term...
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