NBC News
By Mark Murray
August 17, 2015
Now
that Donald Trump has called to deport all of the undocumented
immigrants living in the United States, here's the natural follow-up
question: How much would that cost?
The answer: More than $100 billion -- if not $200 billion.
Back
in 2011, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deputy director
Kumar Kibble said it costs $12,500 to deport an individual undocumented
immigrant.
So
when you multiply that cost for the estimated 11 million undocumented
immigrants living in the U.S., that comes to $137.5 billion.
Another
estimate from the liberal-leaning Center for American Progress -- from
back in 2010 -- put the overall price tag at $200 billion. That estimate
included the cost
to arrest, detain, process and transport the undocumented population
over a five-year period.
(The Center for American Progress tells NBC News that it has since updated its estimate, lowering it to about $114 billion.)
When
NBC's Chuck Todd asked Trump about the costs associated with deporting
all of the undocumented immigrants living inside the United States,
Trump turned the conversation
back to the crimes they're committing.
"Do
you think there's tremendous cost for the illegals that are in here
right now?" Trump asked. "Do you think there's tremendous crime being
committed by illegals?"
In
fact, crimes committed by first-generation immigrants (including those
who immigrated illegally) are significantly lower than the overall crime
rate.
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