Trump’s immigration agenda worsening childcare crisis, lawmakers warn

Democrats questioned White House about immigration policies exacerbating childcare shortages and costs

Democratic lawmakers, led by the senators Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Duckworth and the representative Mike Quigley, are demanding answers about how Donald Trump's immigration policies are exacerbating childcare shortages and costs in the US.

About 20% of the childcare workforce in the US are immigrants - and as high as 70% in some regions of the US - and the president's immigration policies could reduce the childcare workforce by an estimated 15%, according to a letter sent today by 48 lawmakers to the Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF).