Quote:Anyone care to venture a guess on the cost to deport 11 million illegal immigrants? Do we get that money back if they come back into America?

 

In 2013, we deported 438k illegal immigrants.

 

In 2013, the Obama administration spent $18 Billion on immigration enforcement.

 

Lets assume we triple those numbers to 1.3 million illegal immigrants per year and $54 billion per year. After 8 years of Trump deportation at that rate, that is 10.5 million illegal immigrants deported and $432 billion after 8 years.

 

If we only doubled it to 876k illegal immigrants per year and $36 billion, after 8 years it is 7 million deported and $288 billion.

 

You can also add another $15-20 billion to the final cost for the border wall.

 

According to the Federation of Immigration Reform, the cost of illegal immigration on the US government, federal and state, is $113 billion per year. After 8 years, that would be $904 billion.

 

So, over 8 years: Spend $450 billion to erase a $904 billion deficit. Surplus of $454 billion.  Seems worth it to me. This is a very simplified look at the finances of the whole thing, but just throwing numbers around. This doesn't including negative or positive impact to the economy (which there will be both).

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