Mass deportations could jolt Bay Area economy and trigger job losses: report
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By George Avalos
Published on March 25, 2026.
A report by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute has warned that mass deportations could negatively impact the region's economy, erode its job market, undermine federal, state and property tax revenue, and reduce retail and restaurant spending. The report suggests that deportations of undocumented immigrants could erode up to 5.8% of the nine-county region's gross domestic product, which totaled $1.15 trillion as of 2023. The Bay Area could lose up to $67 billion in real GDP through direct labor losses and ripple effects across supplier networks and reduced household spending, according to the report. This comes after a loss of 20,000 jobs in the region in 2025, and the Bay has lost a net total of 137,200 tech jobs over the past three years, including 27,300 tech jobs in 2025.
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