Posted on 03/11/2015 7:11:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new study by the American Action Forum estimates that deporting every illegal immigrant, and keeping new ones from entering the country would take 20 years and cost taxpayers between $420 billion and $619 billion total. Averaging those lower and upper estimates, deporting every illegal immigrant and enforcing current immigration laws would cost about $26 billion annually.
For comparison, the Department of State had a budget of $27 billion in 2014. NASA, the Environmental Protection Agency and welfare for needy families (TANF) all receive less than $20 billion in the federal budget. Food stamps cost almost three times more than what complete deportation and enforcement would cost, while the Department of Veterans Affairs budget is almost six times higher.
Still, the annual cost of complete deportation and enforcement would pale in comparison to the cost of entitlements, making it less than one percent of federal spending — $851 billion was spent on Social Security in 2014, with Medicare receiving $512 billion.
The $200 billion difference in taxpayer cost estimates depends on how the government apprehends illegal immigrants. The cost of apprehension ranges from $104 billion to $304 billion. Regardless, the $316 billion cost of enforcement outweighs the cost of deportation. In addition to apprehension, the total cost of deportation is boosted by detention, legal processing and transportation.
In addition to the government cost, there are economic costs to consider as well. These costs are not reflected in the aforementioned costs to taxpayers, but are large enough to be worthy of concern.
Complete deportation and enforcement would cost the economy more than $1.5 trillion over 20 years, with 11 million fewer people in the labor force. Those are percent cuts of 5.7 and 6.4 percent, respectively.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Of course it is worth it. And it can be done without great expense. For one, cut off all social services and welfare and many illegal aliens will leave.
Going about it all the wrong way. Once it’s determined that that they are in the country illegally declare all gains financial and material to be forfeited to the arresting government (local, state or federal). After a few cases they will self deport.
Add in that all legal fees are also forfeit and the process will go quickly.
Sorry I meant “Once again the Strawman ..”
How much savings from entitlements would accrue?
How many fewer welfare, and related, workers would be needed?
How much would be saved by the health sector?
How much would the schools not need to spend?
How many unemployed Americans would be hired to replace the lost illegal workers?
How much stress would be removed from electrical, water, sewerage, and trash infrastructure?
How much fuel needs—all fuels—would be eliminated if they weren’t here to use it?
How much would be saved by law enforcement, including the courts & jails?
How would all those factor in against the cost?
How much is reduced crime worth?
Would it have been cheaper to not fight WWII, and just let Japan have the west coast; and why was that not a factor in whether or not to fight? How is this invasion different, that cost is become the primary factor?
The savings from schools, prisons, welfare and such plus opening millions of jobs for actual Americans would be a huge boost for the country.
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