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Some Texas business leaders are apprehensive about Trump’s pledged deportations

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Undocumented immigrants make up about 8% of Texas ' workforce, Pew Research Center says.

Business leaders say they worry about deportations when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House .

The impact any deportations could have on Texas ’ economy will largely depend on the specifics of what Trump does, they say.

In the oil-rich Permian Basin , mass deportations could reduce populations in cities and in turn result in closed businesses.

In Austin , a 43-year-old man who arrived from Mexico 25 years ago said his first job involved sweeping up debris at a construction site for less than $8 an hour.

He's in the process of applying for legal residency through his eldest daughter.