“In a related thread, an anti-Trump author complained that Trump’s mass deportation plan will cost $165 billion plus or minus a couple of billion. (I don’t remember the exact figure.”
And how was that figure arrived at? I submit someone pulled that number right out of their *ss.
That’s the impression that I got when I first saw that figure.
Unfortunately, regarding how much illegals are costing the unconstitutional federal welfare system and possibly other likewise unconstitutional federal spending programs for illegals, I could find no official government numbers when I Googled the issue.
And the biggest third-party price figure on welfare for illegals that I saw is $346 billion annually.
Staggering Cost Of Illegal Aliens In America