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TRX Builders say immigration enforcement is hitting construction labor force
A September John Burns Research & Consulting survey found nearly two-thirds of builders said immigration enforcement is affecting their labor force, up from 23% in March and 13% a year ago, according to Nick Timiraos of WSJ. Scott Brannock, president of Jacksonville-based Tidewater Homes and the Northeast Florida Builders Association, said the workforce is gone and that national builders are missing projections and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars with slabs sitting on the ground and no one to frame.
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- Reported by Nick Timiraos (WSJ) alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet
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What the sources claim
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A September John Burns Research & Consulting survey found nearly two-thirds of builders said immigration enforcement is affecting their labor force.
“Nearly two-thirds of builders said immigration enforcement is affecting their labor force”
Nick Timiraos (WSJ) -
The share of builders reporting labor-force effects rose from 23% in March and 13% a year ago.
“up from 23% in March and 13% a year ago”
Nick Timiraos (WSJ) -
Tidewater Homes president Scott Brannock said the workforce is gone and the company is almost dead in the water.
““We’re almost dead in the water because our workforce is gone,””
Nick Timiraos (WSJ) -
Brannock said national builders are missing projections and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars with slabs sitting on the ground and no one to frame.
“missing projections, losing hundreds of thousands of dollars because they have slabs sitting on the ground and no one to frame”
Nick Timiraos (WSJ)
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