Not gonna happen overnight, and may not happen at all. The jobs that immigrants take are often jobs that Americans don't want to do. It's not going to be like the Rapture happens and the immigrants just disappear, and we can then just stick Americans into those slots. If Americans wanted those jobs, they would have competed for them - DACA kids weren't given an advantage, they were just given the right to work.
It should also be pointed out that where the jobs are available is not necessarily where the unemployed are. If I'm unemployed and living in Detroit, what are the chances that I'd be looking for a job in California? Some will, most won't.
The other thing is the DACA-owned small businesses - maybe in an Orwellian novel the owners are forcibly removed and replaced by others more pleasing to the powers that be, but the reality is that most of those businesses will close and the associated jobs will also be lost.
If this is allowed to go through, that GDP you are so proud of is going to take a hit.
Another point to consider - if Congress actually does something to save DACA, which is what Trump says he wants, nothing will change - those who were employed will continue to be employed, those who owned small businesses will continue to have those small businesses, and the argument that they are somehow stealing jobs then falls apart. Why make that argument at all if you want to find a way to preserve the system?
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