If you have a caregiver in your life who you depend on — a home health aid, a nanny for your kids — chances are, that person is an immigrant.

According to the Economic Policy Institute, nearly 20 percent of domestic workers in the United States are non-citizens. “Domestic workers are more than 2.5 times as likely to be immigrants than the typical worker,” according to the Department of Labor.

The Trump administration’s attack on immigrants is threatening to strain a care system that is already extremely overburdened and underfunded.

By now it’s become increasingly clear that the Trump administration is not just targeting so-called “hardened criminals” for their mass deportation efforts. Immigration officials have targeted undocumented people , whether or not they’ve been convicted of crimes.

They have even been revoking visas and green cards from people for even the most minor infractions, or for no infraction at all — just speaking out against the administration and its policies. And this is having devastating effects on domestic workers and the American citizens who depend on their care.

With us to break down how mass deportations are disrupting the care economy is Ai-jen Poo. She is the executive director of Caring Across Generations and the president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance — the leading organization that promotes the rights of domestic workers in the United States; a decade ago, she was a recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Award, and has been a committed advocate for women, domestic workers, and immigrants for more than 30 years.

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