Group Says Trump’s Deportation Plan Would Cost US Hundreds Of Billions
- 8 years ago
Donald Trump hasn’t been particularly forthcoming about the overall cost of deporting every undocumented person in the U.S., but the American Action Forum recently did the math for him.
Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he intends to deport all who are not in the US legally and prevent others from entering.
He hasn’t been particularly forthcoming about the cost of such a venture, but that’s OK, because the American Action Forum recently did the math for him.
While the task of locating, gathering, and transporting 11 million people would unlikely be cheap, the people at the American Action Forum paid particular attention to how the loss of immigrants would impact the US economy.
At minimum, the cost in those terms would be close to $400 billion.
Despite the perceptions of some, undocumented residents of the US actually do a grea
Throughout his campaign, Donald Trump has made it abundantly clear that he intends to deport all who are not in the US legally and prevent others from entering.
He hasn’t been particularly forthcoming about the cost of such a venture, but that’s OK, because the American Action Forum recently did the math for him.
While the task of locating, gathering, and transporting 11 million people would unlikely be cheap, the people at the American Action Forum paid particular attention to how the loss of immigrants would impact the US economy.
At minimum, the cost in those terms would be close to $400 billion.
Despite the perceptions of some, undocumented residents of the US actually do a grea