What will be the impact of President Donald Trump's deportation policy aimed at removing 11 million undocumented immigrants?

President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to use the military for mass deportations is drawing criticism from both sides of the political aisle.

In a more extreme scenario, in which the Trump administration deported 8.3 million undocumented immigrants, the economic outlook would be even worse. Compared to the baseline forecast, GDP would plummet by 7.4 percent by 2028, while employment would drop by 6.7 percent.

The big picture: The U.S. immigration system's backlog of 3.7 million court cases will take four years to resolve at the current pace — but that could balloon to 16 years under President-elect Trump's mass deportation plan, according to an Axios analysis.

Immigration was a major concern for Americans during the 2024 election. Donald Trump's mass deportation plan is giving migrants anxiety over what comes next.