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Homebuilders say ICE crackdowns are making it hard to find workers. Immigrants make up over a quarter of the construction workforce, and more than half of workers in key trades, per Axios: Drywall installers: 57% Plasterers and stucco masons: 56% Roofers: 53% ICE arrested a record 50,925 people in August. Immigrants make up more than a quarter of the U.S. construction workforce and more than half of workers in several key homebuilding trades, according to an Axios analysis of National Association of Home Builders data. Read more: https://t.co/kNeYHqQw6F