NY has 670K residents who are illegal migrants including 42,300 undocumented restaurant workers

New York State has 670,000 residents who are illegal migrants – including 42,300 undocumented restaurant employees and 48,500 undocumented construction workers, an eye-opening report released Thursday said.The report from the liberal-leaning Fiscal Policy Institute revealed an underground economy of migrant workers in the Empire State, where 1.8 million residents are non-citizens that may also include green card holders.In total, there are 4.5 million foreign-born residents of the state, the report said.The data in the report — released as President Trump vows a crackdown on illegal immigration — revealed:The institute fears mass deportations by the Trump administration would have a “devastating impact” on the state’s economy.And the report warned that even non-citizens here legally are also in the crosshairs as Trump eyes restrictions on legal immigration as well as well as sealing the border.“The immigrants most vulnerable are those who are undocumented,” the group said in its report.“But the impact does not end there.“People who have temporary visas may see them terminated or unrenewed,” the report claimed.

“People with temporary protected status, asylum seekers, DACA [Deferred Action for Child Arrivals] recipients, and many others are also in a precarious position.”Massive raids would disrupt and potentially cripple key industries and have a ripple effect through New York’s economy and communities, the report said.Removing crop workers could lead to closures of dairy and fruit and vegetable farms upstate, where agriculture is a top industry, including a growing wine sector, according to the institute.“Eliminating immigrants from farm work would be nearly unimaginable, and reducing the number of immigrant workers by even five or ten percent would have dramatic negative consequences,” the report concluded.But advocates for stricter immigration policies dismissed the talk of economic doomsday, noting that a large undocumented workfo...