August 07, 2005

"What Would It Cost to Deport Illegal Aliens?"

Remember the laughable Center for American Progress study saying it would cost $41 billion a year for five year to deport all illegal aliens currently in the U.S.? It gets eviscerated here:

And while we’re in fantasyland, let us also pretend that the $41 billion per year figure is even remotely accurate. The Federal Government has an annual budget of $2.34 trillion per year. Our Gross Domestic Product is a staggering $12 trillion per year. $41 billion would be just 1.7% of the Federal budget, and a miniscule 0.34% of our GDP.

Yet the Center for American Progress would have us believe that this sum is so far beyond us that we should instead surrender our country to whomever shows up in whatever numbers, rather than pay it. To put it in perspective, 0.34% would be $148 for someone earning $43,527 per year, the median family income in America...

...Uncontrolled immigration is ludicrous. A nation without the most basic power of all -- the power to defend its own border -- invites lawlessness and disaster, especially after September 11th...

When you read the rest of the article you will be amazed. To be frank, I didn't explore their "study" in depth since the surface was bad enough. But, the way they calculated the $41 billion is ludicrous. If the CAP tells you the sky is blue, look outside to double-check.

Posted to Immigration2005b at August 7, 2005 07:40 PM

Comments

They exaggerated the cost tenfold, by pretending that each agent can only apprehend ten illegals per year.

Posted by: John S Bolton at August 9, 2005 05:12 AM