Why do those putting these numbers completely refuse to look at the FACTS?
They say $100billion.....BUT:
What about cutting off the freebie benefits so many illegals are taking advantage of? How much would that save? How many would be more likely to return on their own?
Add to that - major fines for employers who hire illegals... shut down the jobs for illegals and how many would return on their own?
Cut off all Federal funds and aid to states or municipalities who act as “sanctuary” areas.
Then, I believe the tab would be significantly less than $100billion.
New fed policy which starts soon is disallowing all tax deductions for any emplyee not matched to a SS#. Some Illegals will leave.
When US seriously cracks down on illegals, which will take time for “serious” to be prove, more illegals will be gone.
Denial of US “welfare” payments and no anchor babies allowed, more will leave.
An actual FENCE BUILT along border which prevents traffic BOTH WAYS, many more illegals gone.
Darn, we used to get billed $700 for hammers and toilet seats, why would 1 trilion bother us to get this real job done.
All good ideas, except one — the fines. These haven’t worked to deter employers other than those who have already been raided. All the rest are playing the odds and continuing to employ illegals. Only with lengthy imprisonment and confiscation of assets will we get their attention. And those assets will go a long way to defraying the costs of enforcement. Let the illegals and the employers themselves pick up the tab on this.