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Originally Posted by Rochard
How do you not get this?
In the past they came to the United States and paid their own way. They paid for their own housing. We had less people coming, and we deported more.
NOW..... We are paying for their housing, their healthcare, their food, and their clothes, more people are coming, and less are being deported.
This is the direct opposite of what we need to be doing.... More people are coming, less are being sent home, and we are paying for their housing.
When we catch them, arrest them, cite them (like we would for any other misdemeanor), let them work through the legal system, and if need be then deport them.... Not sense spending two billion dollars to house, feed, clothe them, and give them free healthcare.
We are paying billions to lock people up like animals when there is zero need for it.
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So how is it there are 1 million set for deportation after being denied the right to stay?
I agree with you that housing them is a cost, but you have completely ignored my points of the cost of releasing them. Many do not turn up.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/w...-49-for-minors
U.S. immigration courts have hit a new crisis point, with nearly half of illegal immigrants roaming in the country failing to show up for legal hearings, resulting in a massive number of deportation orders, according to an analysis of court records.
The court system said that in 2017, 43 percent of aliens freed pending hearings disappeared into the country and never showed up for scheduled follow-up hearings. In pure numbers, that means 41,302 aliens out of 95,342 never showed up for their court hearings.
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While they are released they can't live no where, on no money, no healthcare, etc. Your government gives them driving licenses so they can get to work!!!! What else would they need a driving license for? Maybe to go to the shops and spend the money they can't earn.
Yes locking them up is going to cost you money, less than building better border barriers. But releasing them imposes bigger costs. Personally I would favour sending them back immediately unless they can prove they are personally being threatened by their governments. Coming for a "better life" can't be at the expense of the citizens unless the citizens are prepared to pay for it. And looking after a few relatives doesn't make you a refugee carer, start looking after illegal immigrants who are walking across the borders and tell us how it works out.