[[Last I read, illegal immigrants was costing us $150 billion a year.]]
That figure you cite is for direct costs only- the MSM doesn’t want you to know the impact all the indirect costs are costing this country- - illegal immigrants are costing our country well north of $500 billion dollars a year- that figure you cited was just for direct costs (ie, incarceration costs [$140 per day per illegal], lawyer fees, schooling, medical, housing etc) but there are many many incidental costs that illegals cost this country like time lost from victims and their families, therapy needed rehabilitation costs, food costs, costs in lost property, identity theft costs, illnesses brought into the country killing kids and families- rising insurance costs for both drivers and homeowners in illegal heavy areas- on and on and on it goes- these figures, as complied many years ago by reputable sources, were between $400 billion dollars and $600 billion dollars estimated- today it’s likely closer to a trillion dollars per year, every single year
That’s the financial cost only.
Less tangible cost is being hit by a drunken illegal that should not be here to begin with.
Or being a victim of rape by someone who should not be here to begin with.
Or murdered or robbed.
Not to mention what it does to make a mockery of the rule of law.
Thanks Bob434. I’m sure the figures I quoted by NY Times reporter Sharyl Attkisson are way outdated. The point is, the 5 Billion President Trump is requesting, is only a drop in the bucket. Democrats need to STOP their harassment of President Trump and work together.
Put another way..how do tally the real cost?
Which is far less about money and more about the rights of LEGAL citizens.