Beginning in December, the Department of Homeland Security launched “Operation Buckeye” with the goal of detaining and deporting Ohio’s Somali residents. From an economic perspective, past research has found that anti-immigrant policies such as these can have long-lasting consequences beyond the initial disruption they cause. 

We want to know what the impact will be on Ohio’s GDP as a result of this crackdown. Your assignment is to make a quantitative estimate of how much GDP will change because of changes in immigration due to Operation Buckeye and other federal policy changes. Please present your findings in a short memo of no more than 300 words.

Submit your response by email to michael@sciotoanalysis.com. Assignments are due Friday, March 13th, at 4:59pm eastern time. After your assignment is submitted, we will find a time in the following weeks to conduct a 30-minute interview over zoom.