President Trump’s deportation plan could impact Washington’s economy

WASHINGTON STATE – As President Donald Trump acts on his campaign promises to deport immigrants living without proper documentation, concerns are rising about the economic impact on vital programs like Social Security.

A new report highlights the potential risks to Social Security and other programs that rely on payroll tax revenues. With America’s baby boomers retiring, the number of U.S.-born workers is expected to significantly decrease over the next decade.

In Washington, an estimated 344,000 undocumented people paid nearly $1 billion in state and local taxes in 2022. Josh Bivens, the report author and chief economist with the Economic Policy Institute , emphasized the importance of immigrant workers.

“It does make things like Social Security and Medicare a little harder to sustai