DHS confirms cheaper to deport every illegal alien than allowing them to stay

[Jeanfromfillmore]

I don't know if this has already been posted, but I found the stats interesting.

DHS confirms cheaper to deport every illegal alien than allowing them to stay
On December 3, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Nelson Peacock, responding to request from several U.S. Senators, including Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), wrote: “Our conservative estimate suggests that ICE would require a budget of more than $135 billion to apprehend, detain and remove the nation’s entire illegal immigrant population.” In July 2010, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) released the results of a study which examined the costs of illegal immigration at the federal, state and local levels. The study found that U.S. state and local governments shell out $84.2 billion annually in various services (law enforcement, schools, social services, etc.), with California taxpayers alone, spending $21 billion on illegal aliens every year.
The same study found that $29 billion is spent every year in federal funds on illegal aliens.
So, while it would cost a one-time fee of about $135 billion to deport every single illegal alien in the country, it is actually a bargain considering the fact that it already costs us $113 billion annually to keep them here.
In other words, the mass deportation would pay for itself in a little over a year.
Incidentally, in 2007, the DHS estimated the cost of deporting all illegal aliens to be approximately $94 billion.
http://www.examiner.com/immigration-...g-them-to-stay

[Twoller]

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So, while it would cost a one-time fee of about $135 billion to deport every single illegal alien in the country, it is actually a bargain considering the fact that it already costs us $113 billion annually to keep them here.

In other words, the mass deportation would pay for itself in a little over a year.

Incidentally, in 2007, the DHS estimated the cost of deporting all illegal aliens to be approximately $94 billion.

It was $94 billion in '07 and $135 billion in '10. They don't mention it, but the cost of keeping them here has also gone up proportionally, so no matter what, it will always be cheaper to throw them all out than keep them here.

But that's just the money, there are also other advantages to throwing them out as well that don't show up right away on the books. Once we throw them all out, the costs of enforcement goes down and the cost of border enforcement goes down. There is also life on the street that will improve and this could very well stimulate the economy. It will certainly improve our political life which could also stimulate the economy. The housing market could improve because the quality of neighborhoods would improve.

There are also consequences for legal non-citizens. We can reliably assume that most if not all legal immigration at this point has a relationship with illegal immigration, especially where the native language is not English. Purging illegals will have economic consequences for legal residents. They may be forced to return to their countries of origin or turn to more vulnerable criminal activity.

The so-called "labor market" that is supposed to depend on illegal immigration will also collapse and the cheap, low quality, negligent work that is done by illegals will no longer be available. The increase in the quality of work that actually needs to be done will also stimulate the economy. No more tearing up the streets every two years to keep some fat Mexican or Canadian in blue collar wages. No more leaf-blower monkeys.

It's all good. There is no downside to hunting down and throwing out illegal immigrants.