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Immigration raids upending Chicago’s construction industry amid worker shortage, higher costs – Chicago Sun-Times

April 26, 2026
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Over the years, Chicago-area companies have become more reliant on foreign-born workers, according to federal data. In the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin market, 83,522 construction workers identified as foreign-born, 32.5 percent of the area’s workforce, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures.

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