Nearly 98,000 hospitality jobs disappeared between December 2024 and December 2025, international visitors to the United States fell by 2.5 million, and tourism revenue dropped $1.2 billion, according to a report by Unite Here, the US’s largest hospitality workers’ union.
The findings come as immigration enforcement policies coincide with workforce losses and declining travel activity in sectors that rely heavily on immigrant labor.
Unite Here, which represents 300,000 workers across hospitality, food and tourism in the U.S. and Canada, reports that immigrants make up close to one-third of hospitality workers. Union officials told The Guardian that enforcement actions have discouraged employees from showing up and reduced tourism demand.
Immigration Crackdown Linked to Almost 100,000 Hospitality Job Losses and Tourism Slump: ‘Nobody’s Applying’
