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Debunking the Left's Deportation Hysteria
Hotair ^ | 11/23/2024 | Victor Joecks

Posted on 11/23/2024 4:51:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Illegal immigration activists are already panicked that Donald Trump will keep one of his biggest campaign promises.

Trump recently announced that Tom Homan will be his "border czar." Homan isn't a household name, but he's had a long career in government. Homan was the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump's first term. He was also ICE's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations under President Barack Obama. Trump wants him to put those skills to use.

"Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

This shouldn't come as a surprise. During the campaign, Trump vowed to oversee "the largest deportation operation in the history of our country."

Many voters welcomed this. The millions of illegal aliens who entered the country since President Joe Biden took office overwhelmed even self-declared "sanctuary" cities. In several high-profile cases, like the death of Laken Riley, officials believe illegal immigrants murdered Americans. A Venezuelan gang even took over an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado.

But the left's fearmongering over Trump's deportation plans has already begun. Their first objection is that it's logistically impossible. It would be very difficult to identify and move 15 million illegal immigrants out of the country. But it's also hard to solve every murder case. That doesn't keep police from solving the ones they can.

In an August interview, now-Vice President-elect J.D. Vance endorsed this step-by-step approach. "Let's start with 1 million" and "then we can go from there," he said.

The next objection is that it will cost too much. There is an element of truth here. Enforcing laws is costly. But as blue cities learned the hard way, the "defund the police" alternative is far worse.

This concern ignores how expensive it is for state and local governments to provide services to illegal immigrants. In 2023, New York City officials estimated illegal immigrants cost the city $4 billion annually. For context, in 2023, NYPD's annual budget was $5.8 billion.

Also, you should never take Democrats seriously when they object to spending government money. Just look at the trillions they doled out during Biden's first term.

Another concern is that deporting illegals will hurt the economy. The theory is that deporting millions of illegal immigrants would shrink the supply of low-skilled workers. That would force companies to pay higher wages, which would raise prices.

It probably would for some products, but look at the why again. Illegal immigrants have artificially boosted the supply of people competing for entry-level jobs and working in manual labor industries like construction. That's lowered wages for low-skill workers. Boosting those wages would be a good thing, even if it raises prices for those higher up the income ladder. Plus, removing millions of illegal immigrants would lower housing prices.

Finally, there will be claims that it's cruel. The propaganda press is eager to blame deportations for causing a "family separation" crisis. But deportations don't need to include that. Illegal immigrant parents should be allowed and encouraged to take their children with them when they leave.

Also, the government routinely separates U.S. citizens who commit crimes from their children. The responsibility in both cases lies with the parents who broke the law.

There's also a practical benefit to Trump talking up deportations and reinstituting things like his "Remain in Mexico" policy. It will decrease the amount of illegal immigration. If would-be illegal immigrants know they won't be able to enter and stay in the country, fewer will even try to cross the border.

Regardless of how deportations go, that would be a major victory.


Victor Joecks is a columnist for the Las Vegas Review-Journal


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; debunking; demnarrative; democrats; deport; deportation; hysteria; illegals; immigration; left; narrative

1 posted on 11/23/2024 4:51:45 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Somebody tell homan all he has to do is enforce section 1324 title 8 and these monsters will self-deport. It’s a federal felony to ENCOURAGE illegals to come to or reside in america. That means they get nothing. No welfare or drivers licenses or free school for their kids. And you can’t give them a job or rent an apartment to them either. Enforce 1324 and these monsters will self-deport.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1324

(A)Any person who—

(iv)encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or
(v)
(I)engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or
(II)aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts,
shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B).

(B)A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs—

(iv)in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both.


2 posted on 11/23/2024 4:59:23 PM PST by Diversity Is Our Weakness
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To: SeekAndFind

“The propaganda press is eager to blame deportations for causing a “family separation” crisis.”

Now would this same people who had no problem separating families, and letting parents and grandparents die alone during covid?


3 posted on 11/23/2024 5:28:24 PM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI..)
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To: DesertRhino

Yes. It would be the same folks.


4 posted on 11/23/2024 5:35:52 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: DesertRhino

Families are separated all the time when parents are sent to prison. Those are american citizens but the libs don’t complain about that. Who cares about families of illegal invaders who come here to lead lives of crime and welfare?


5 posted on 11/23/2024 6:30:36 PM PST by Diversity Is Our Weakness
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To: SeekAndFind

Who will commit the murders that Americans won’t?


6 posted on 11/23/2024 7:38:56 PM PST by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Their first objection is that it's logistically impossible. Can we get partial credit?
7 posted on 11/23/2024 8:26:26 PM PST by Kudsman (Hey,, Democrat,,leave them kids alone!)
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To: SeekAndFind
Their first objection is that it's logistically impossible. It would be very difficult to identify and move 15 million illegal immigrants out of the country.

The above is useless without defining a time frame. 15 million removals / year would be difficult. But 1.5 million / year over 10 years would be a breeze.

Call it deportation velocity=number of illegals deported per year or per day or per week which ever works.

8 posted on 11/23/2024 8:40:39 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Diversity Is Our Weakness
Laken Reily has been separated from her family for ever.
9 posted on 11/23/2024 9:22:23 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: ArcadeQuarters

Literally LOL


10 posted on 11/24/2024 12:00:30 AM PST by Veto! (Kamalala Sucks Rocks)
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To: Diversity Is Our Weakness

That was the gist one of Homan’s responses to whiny leftist journalist questions...... “....when I (if) get arrested for DUI or something with kids in the car, the kids get taken away.”

Separations happen all the time, even to citizens. Ask any parent tagged by CPS for endangerment (or mis-parenting) of their children.


11 posted on 11/24/2024 12:18:40 AM PST by Gaffer
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