{"id":20512,"date":"2025-10-24T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T20:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/?p=20512"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T18:00:06","slug":"2025-data-estimates-undocumented-immigrants-in-orange-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/2025\/10\/24\/2025-data-estimates-undocumented-immigrants-in-orange-county\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Data Estimates: Undocumented Immigrants in Orange County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20484\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/OC-Undoc-Estimates-cover.png\" alt=\"orange county aerial view for undocumented estimates report cover\" width=\"1749\" height=\"980\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/OC-Undoc-Estimates-cover.png 1749w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/OC-Undoc-Estimates-cover-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/OC-Undoc-Estimates-cover-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/OC-Undoc-Estimates-cover-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/10\/OC-Undoc-Estimates-cover-1536x861.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1749px) 100vw, 1749px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>October 2025<\/p>\n<p>The recent attacks on immigrants have harmed communities and sown fear. People are being taken in unmarked vehicles and disappeared without their right to due process.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/economy\/2025\/07\/immigration-raids-california-jobs\/\">People are not going to work<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lapublicpress.org\/2025\/07\/la-restaurants-ice-raids\/\">businesses and restaurants are shutting down<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2025-06-19\/ice-raids-have-us-farms-fearing-food-shortages-supply-chains-cracking\">food prices are on the rise<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/the-real-costs-of-ice-raids-at-schools-and-what-educators-should-do\/\">schools<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/doctors-fear-ice-agents-health-care-facilities-deterring-people\/\">hospitals<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2025-07-11\/la-me-church-sweeps-worship\">churches<\/a>\u00a0are no longer safe.<\/p>\n<p>These raids are devastating our economy, with estimated losses hovering around\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bayareaeconomy.org\/report\/economic-impact-of-mass-deportation-in-california\/\">$275 billion<\/a>\u00a0caused by labor shortages, delays, increased prices, and decreased business activity. A single raid can destabilize a neighborhood\u2019s entire\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/justice\/2025\/07\/worksite-immigration-raids\/\">economy<\/a>\u00a0and can have resounding effects to disrupt entire industries. Unable to afford missing work, some force themselves to work\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/13\/business\/ice-workplace-raids-home-depot\">in an atmosphere of fear<\/a>\u00a0that extends to the families and friends of undocumented immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>The immigration raids ripple to every aspect of our lives and make communities less safe for everyone, not just undocumented immigrants. These raids uproot lives, tear families apart, endanger our communities, and take away our rights. To secure thriving communities, a fair economy, and the kind of country we want to live in, we must pay attention and take action to ensure that our immigrant communities can flourish and feel secure.<\/p>\n<p>We hope this data on our impacted immigrant communities support the ongoing efforts happening in the movement to fight for justice and make our communities safer.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Jeffer Giang, Thai Le, Jody Agius Vallejo, Paris Viloria, and Manuel Pastor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For more on Orange County\u2019s immigrant communities, read an op-ed by Jody Agius Vallejo and Sean Angst in the Orange County Register: <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2025\/10\/22\/orange-countys-future-depends-on-supporting-immigrants-today\/\">Orange County\u2019s future depends on supporting immigrants today<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link cta-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/eri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2025\/11\/Undoc_OC_County_2025_Oct2025_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Read more about Download report\">Read and download report<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":20484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,15],"tags":[124,117,19,69,72],"class_list":["post-20512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eri-news","category-report","tag-data","tag-immigrant-inclusion","tag-immigrants","tag-immigration","tag-orange-county"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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