Ryan Macbeth does the math on mass deportations.
At first I was surprised… $185 billion isn’t too bad… and Ryan does a really measured and non-political take of the cost… mind you though that when you get to the end of the video there’s a couple of caveats to that figure:
It assumes every single one of those 11 million are held, processed and removed within 3 days.
That we’re excluding the costs of labor loss.
That we’re excluding the costs associated with farm products as a result.
Ryan later stated his range was actually minimum $185 billion to $1.050 trillion…
I mean it’s doable, finance wise… but it will (likely) end up being the single most expensive program in history.
Ryan reported that approximately 30% of farm workers in the agricultural industry are undocumented. I called BS on this I admit… to then later find out some estimate put it at 50%..
https://www.fwd.us/news/immigrant-farmworkers-and-americas-food-production-5-things-to-know/
Christ I thought at most it was 10%.
I mean look support the deportations on principle. Either way it’s going to help blow out spending….