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The Trump administration’s mass deportation agenda is leading to labor shortages across the country and, some speculate, a drop in international tourism.

Nationwide, the World Travel & Tourism Council estimates that the U.S. will lose more than $12 billion in international tourist spending this year. In June, international visitors to the popular tourist destination, Las Vegas, were down 13 percent compared to the same time last year, and overall visits were down more than 10 percent.

“If you tell the rest of the world you’re not welcome, they are going to listen,” Ted Pappageorge, secretary treasurer of Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Las Vegas,

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