Trump's deportation agenda raised prices, contracted local economies, immigration group says

The badge of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent.Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign has caused the costs of groceries, homes and healthcare to rise and local economies to contract, a new report from the pro-immigration advocacy group America's Voice.The group deems those added costs the "ICE Tax" — a reference to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — and on Wednesday released data, first shared with CNBC, putting dollar figures on the ways they say Trump's policies are hurting the economy."Forcibly deporting hundreds of thousands of essential workers means extra dollars at the grocery checkout, the home that costs six figures more to build, the corner store that goes quiet after a raid, the job that disappears when a coworker never comes back to work," Vanessa Cardenas, executive director of America's Voice, said in a statement."Instead of working to bring costs down and make America more affordable, they've chosen a deportation machine that terrorizes our communities, hurts our businesses, and sticks every family with the bill," Cardenas continued.Read more CNBC politics coverageThe report calls for Congress and...