Alabama builders rethink deportations as raids disappear hundreds of their 'God-fearing, family-oriented' immigrant work

[Eugene]

Source: Fortune

Alabama builders rethink deportations as raids disappear hundreds of their ‘God-fearing, family-oriented’ immigrant workers

Eva Roytburg
Tue, September 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM EDT
4 min read

On construction sites across Baldwin County, Ala., workers are vanishing mid-shift. Not because they quit, but because immigration agents hauled them away—the “God-fearing, family-oriented” laborers who braved blistering summer heat on rooftops to support their families.

Now, contractors warn the raids are deepening a labor shortage that already threatens the state’s economic prosperity: Even in Alabama, where 65% of voters backed President Donald Trump with immigration as a top campaign issue.

Russell Davis, executive vice-president of the Home Builders Association of Alabama, told Fortune the industry is already feeling the shock.

“We’ve had several situations where we’ve had job sites raided, for lack of a better term… and it is a cause of concern,” he said. “It’s definitely affected the labor market in general,” he added, with ripple effects beyond undocumented workers.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/alabama-builders-rethink-deportations-raids-180706144.html

[tanyev]

1. Oh, come on. Why aren't they celebrating? They got exactly what they voted for.

[ananda]

2. Cwy me a wiver of teahs.

Snowflakes.

[BOSSHOG]

3. But you dumbfucks

Wore the hats and voted straight party. Is the cultism wearing off?? Did he who must be obeyed give you one more year. Are ya happy? Is there joy in hating what is good about America and happiness in ignorance?

[Bettie]

4. What's that phrase?

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

They are receiving their stupid prizes now.

[Clouds Passing]

5. They got exactly what they voted for.

[UpInArms]

6. Womp womp

Motherfuckers …

THIS is what YOU voted for.

[Prairie Gates]

7. Surely there are tens of thousands of good ole boys ready to get up on dem roofs with the hot mops

That was the idea, right?

[Coldwater]

8. Many industries will be hurt by these mass deportations.

At the office building I work, most of the cleaners are Hispanic.

Not saying they’re illegal but many of them don’t speak English.

The same goes for these landscaping companies, although many of them still have Italian names, most of their workers are Hispanic immigrants.