Booting all undocumented immigrants could cost at least $400 billion, conservative group says

The Columbus Dispatch ^ | March 20, 2016 | Encarnacion Pyle

[kevcol]

"The economic and human costs would be tremendous," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, the conservative research group's president and an adviser to John McCain during his 2008 presidential campaign.
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Last August, Politico, with help from experts at groups spanning the political spectrum, rang up the costs to carry out the key provisions of Trump's immigration plan, including mass deportation, tripling the number of immigration officers and walling off the southern border, at $166 billion at the low end.

[Eddie01]

Free.

Any company or person found hiring an illegal is severly penalized.

Those that protest are funneled into a transport zone and humanly bussed or boated deep into their home country.

Penalties pay for the transport, not tax payers.

How’s that for specifics?

[MichaelCorleone]

I tried to get ahold of Sarah Root and Kate Steinle, but neither one was avaiable to give an opinion about this.

[Bender2]

Now, now, don't go too far-- We must keep the free booze... we robots get from the federal, state and local government for being so damn cute!

[Gasshog]

Tax the Cheet out of their send Home to Padre and Madre checks. 35-40% right off the top.

That a huge pile of money right there.
And a lot of them will Go Home since wiring US wealth to Meh-he-Co is why they are here.

[Gasshog]

We should send both Mexico’s and our own violent criminals, to the other side of “The Wall”.

Catapults are quick and efficient mode of transportation for the law-breakers.

[Nacho Bidnith]

“I think self-deportation is key. Make it so uncomfortable for them that most will leave on their own.”

Trump has promised to get rid of illegals and he can do it under laws already in place. All he has to do is insist on enforcement of e-verify and harshly punish businesses that employ illegals. To your point, watch them leave on their own when they can’t get jobs or work under the table.

Here’s where he saves the states despite their protestations. All he has to do is tell the states they’ll receive no welfare or medicaid funding until they weed their enrollments of illegal immigrants, including their dependents. The choice is protecting illegals in violation of existing federal immigration laws, or money. What choice will they make? Will they say NO to Uncle Sugar?

By the same token, if he tells the sanctuary cities that they’ll receive no more federal funding until they start complying with existing immigration laws, what will the cities do? Choose sanctuary policy or federal money? See above.

I saw on Drudge recently that the number of sanctuary cities now number more than 300.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-map-sanctuary-cities-cross-the-300-mark-with-dallas-philly/article/2582184

Many illegals run afoul of the law. When someone has a police contact via arrest and they can’t prove legal resident status, you deport them, or hold them for trial then decide whether to imprison or deport them. Do you think the police and/or courts will hesitate to get rid of a problem the easiest way possible, knowing their federal funding will be cut off if they don’t enforce existing federal immigration laws? Again, not one additional law is needed to do this.

How many people have been “rounded up” and deported so far? None. They’re leaving on their own because it will no longer be easy to stay. How much money has Trump saved the American taxpayer just by implementing what I’ve outlined above? Millions of them would leave on their own if they can’t work or draw welfare benefits and many more would be deported after running afoul of the law.

We’ll need that big beautiful door on that big beautiful wall just to handle all the traffic headed SOUTH and he hasn’t had to do a thing except insist that EXISTING federal immigration laws be enforced.

The President appoints the cabinet heads at DHS and the other agencies that have to do with these laws. Do you think Trumps appointed cabinet heads will NOT enforce the laws as directed?

No tyranny or violations of the constitution required. All we’ve lacked so far is a president with the desire or balls to enforce the law.

Sure, the democrats and Leftists will holler and stamp their feet, but they won’t pay out of their own pockets to protect their interest groups, aka future democrat voters.

As an added bonus, they can even claim that it’s not their fault, a position all politicians are quite comfortable with.

If Trump were elected president and did nothing except what I’ve outlined above, would his presidency still not be considered a success?

Trump 2016!

[AlaskaErik]

The idea is to ratchet up pressure on illegals so they self deport. Just keep tightening the screws.

[G Larry]

Actually, it’s FREE!!!!!!

Enforce E-Verify and they will self-deport over time.

It will eventually result in $380 BILLION per year in savings to tax payers.
(Healthcare, School, Law Enforcement, Social Security, Welfare, etc...)

oh..and see my tagline....

[AlaskaErik]

I think self-deportation is key. Make it so uncomfortable for them that most will leave on their own.

Bingo. That's been my contention too.

[Iron head mike]

Their fingers never leave our wallets.

[Gasshog]

McLame takes us for fools.

then again, this people voted for Obola. Twice.

But we are not ALL sheeple. Go TRUMP!

[bk1000]

Shouldn’t cost anything. Cut off the government handouts, penalize those that hire illegals. They’ll leave on their own.

[Defiant]

First of all, no it won't. A small fraction of that.

Second of all, if it did, it would still more than pay for the benefit of kicking them out within a few years. In California alone, illegals cost us many billions a year in welfare, schooling, housing, criminal conduct, prisons, lower wages, etc.

[thecodont]

Second of all, if it did, it would still more than pay for the benefit of kicking them out within a few years. In California alone, illegals cost us many billions a year in welfare, schooling, housing, criminal conduct, prisons, lower wages, etc.

Maybe someone should do a graphic of a U.S. dollar bill -- two pictures: this is the size of your dollar with taxes taken out to support illegal aliens, this is the size of your dollar without taxes taken out to support illegal aliens" -- what do you think?

[Defiant]

Whatever it takes to get the idea across.

[amnestynone]

Even if it were true(it isn’t) it would be 400 billion well spent. Sounds like these people are country club mouthpieces.

[GOPJ]

How much did Bush spend to get his 3%?

Compared to what Trump spent to get his 50%?

Trust me when we elect Trump he’s gonna send ‘em home for a whole lot LESS than $400 billion... besides he’s gonna change Mexico for the operation...

[GOPJ]

How much did Bush spend to get his 3%?

Compared to what Trump spent to get his 50%?

Trust me when Trump’s elected he’ll send illegals home for a whole lot LESS than $400 billion... Besides Trump’s gonna send Mexico the bill for the operation...

[central_va]

Even at that ridiculously inflated price it would be worth every penny. Since when did the eneMedia start worrying about the cost of any Governmental initiative?

[riri]

Oh, I just get the tingle thinking about deportations. I don't care the cost. It needs to happen.