They Triple Trumped; Now They're Going Bankrupt - The Logical Leftist

[TexasTowelie]

Eliud Cavazos's building supply company filed for bankruptcy in December — a $5.3 million loss and the first layoffs in 40 years, caused directly by ICE raids on South Texas construction sites. Mario Guerrero voted for Trump three times. Now federal agents are raiding his job sites and his region's economy is in freefall.

ICE sweeps have repeatedly targeted construction sites across the Rio Grande Valley, causing a cascading economic collapse that goes far beyond undocumented workers. Contractor Marco Santivanes has been raided between 10 and 15 times across multiple subdivisions. Even documented workers are being swept up in the enforcement actions, leaving construction projects stalled and owners with no crews to continue building.

The downstream damage is severe and documented. Eliud Cavazos's building supply company — which had never laid off a single employee in 40 years — absorbed a 60% collapse in residential sales and a $5.3 million loss before filing for bankruptcy in December. Retail business owner Jeanette Hernandez summed it up in three words: "Killed us this year." The construction industry, long a central pillar of the South Texas economy, is now hemorrhaging jobs and capital because the labor supply that sustained it has been systematically dismantled.

The central irony of this story is not subtle. The Rio Grande Valley trended toward Trump. Mario Guerrero, a construction contractor in the region, voted for Trump three times. He endorsed the deportation agenda. His exact quote, delivered to the New York Times: "Deporting the criminals is a great policy. We just never thought that this would come and affect us in the construction industry, but most importantly affect our economy here in South Texas." What he did not account for is that indiscriminate enforcement does not distinguish between voters and non-voters — and the economic blast radius from these raids reaches every contractor, supplier, retailer, and worker in the region.