Texas News Can the Texas Economy Survive Without Immigrants? KWBU | By Texas Standard Published June 20, 2017 at 4:38 PM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:15 Bill Jacobus/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) Workers in the construction industry are beginning to leave the state, and many employers are feeling the impact. Undocumented workers are leaving the state for places with softer immigration laws.