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$46,654: Annual Cost of Detaining Illegal Alien Exceeds Average American Income
CNS News ^ | Apri 25, 2018 | By Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 04/26/2018 11:52:44 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The federal government paid a “bed rate” of $127.82 per day to house each illegal alien detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in fiscal 2016, according to ICE data published in a new report by the Government Accountability Office.

Even if you do not count the extra day in that leap year, that works out to $46,654.30 for each detention bed occupied by an illegal alien for 365 days.

The approximately $46,654 it cost to house a detained illegal alien for 365 days in fiscal 2016 was approximately $104 more than the average income for Americans 15 and older that year—which, according to Census Bureau was $46,550.

The GAO report - “Immigration Detention: Opportunities Exist to Improve Cost Estimates” - examined how ICE calculates its anticipated budgetary needs for detaining illegal aliens. It discovered, for example, that ICE had made some basic mathematical errors in preparing its budget justifications for Congress, including a $34.7 million multiplication error in its fiscal 2014 request and a $129 million multiplication error in its fiscal 2015 request.

ICE also estimated that the “bed rate” would be $132.59 for fiscal 2017 and $133.99 for fiscal 2018.

Assuming that the $133.99 “bed rate” for fiscal 2018 is accurate, that means it will cost the federal government $48,906.35 to detain an illegal alien for 365 days this year.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: border; illegalaliens; invasion
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

To quote all the climate changers, this is not sustainable!!!!


21 posted on 04/26/2018 1:38:55 PM PDT by browniexyz
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To: Yo-Yo

Need more time plus other’s are in front of me. But the way attrition is happening it should be soon.


22 posted on 04/26/2018 1:52:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

...and the cost of a bullet?


23 posted on 04/26/2018 2:55:08 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Agree. Don’t detain them. Give them 48 hours to show a green card. Then deport.


24 posted on 04/26/2018 3:15:22 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: wastoute

They’d beat ICE back across if dumped in Juarez.

Many years ago on FR, there was an article of a woman who bragged about crossing at McAllen, TX over 400 times.


25 posted on 04/26/2018 3:17:38 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Calling Joe Arpiao. Please tell these idiots how to save money on incarcerations.


26 posted on 04/26/2018 3:25:33 PM PDT by Vinnie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Less of this...





LOTS more of this...



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27 posted on 04/26/2018 5:21:50 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gauging the government, once again


28 posted on 04/26/2018 8:32:33 PM PDT by Bellflower (Who dares believe Jesus. He says absolutely amazing things, which few dare consider.)
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