"For example, they account for an estimated 30 to 50 percent of workers in meatpacking.
If these workers are deported, the food industry will probably have great difficulty replacing them. Even in the best case, the industry will have to offer much higher wages — and, of course, these higher wages will be passed on in higher prices.
(Oh, and while we produce most of what we eat, we also import a lot of food — whose prices would be raised by tariffs.)"