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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It actually won’t save us in the long run. The resources to do this costs money and the lost economic benefits cost money- it is a lose-lose to stroke your hate. [/quote]

You are correct (see below). But it's never been about the money. Americans have been railing against certain groups of migrants since our founding.

Studies estimate mass deportation of 11 million undocumented immigrants costs $315-$967.9 billion, with detention alone at $167.8 billion. They contribute $96.7 billion annually in taxes, potentially rising to $136.9 billion with work authorization. Legalization could add $1.5-$1.7 trillion to GDP over 10 years. From a financial perspective, legalizing undocumented immigrants is more beneficial.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
https://unidosus.org
https://itep.org

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Yes, it's very expensive and due process takes a very long time. Such a shame that  Biden and his cohorts thought it was okay to allow millions to cross the border with little to no vetting and then allow them to get lost in the system and give birth to anchor babies reside in sanctuary cities, go free with little to no bail if they committed crimes, enroll kids in school with no questions asked, etc.  [/quote]

Biden was following international and US law. The courts overtuned tools that Trump had used so Biden didn't have the same legal discretion. That is why the bi-partisan bill was needed, to fix the rules and add funding for more administrative judges to hear these cases more expediently. The bill also would have funded fentenyl scanners at the border. But trump got the GOP to tank the bill, so we still don't have a good solution. But unleashing ICE and flouting Habeas Corpus are not good solutions.[/quote]

The biggest political failure of Biden's presidential term (other than the 2024 collapse that handed Trump and easy election victory and second term) was using EOs to remove the band aids that were in place to stem the flow of migrants crossing the border very early in his term and then relying on our do-nothing Congress to do something about it. A bill on finally coming to a vote two years later in 2023 is a complete joke and so was a fired politician (Trump) having the power to tank the bill.

A legitimate president (Clinton, Obama, Bush) would have demanded proper legislation be in place before opening the border to a flow of migrants in numbers our system can't handle. That's just basic common sense lacking in awful presidents like Trump and Biden. Don't get me wrong; I'd take anyone with a pulse over Trump, including Biden, but between the border debacle and his gifting Trump the easy 2024 election victory, I get more and more pissed at Biden each day the Trump madness continues.[/quote]

Biden gave the Republicans everything they wanted and Trump said no. Trump wanted the issue for the election. So let’s not pretend this actually about doing something.[/quote]

Yes, Biden sure did when it became politically necessary to push for legislation TWO years after opening the border to more migrants than our system could handle. No president who came before Trump and Biden would be anywhere close to as careless with our border, immigration protocols, and humanity. Slow clap for the idiots who elected these clowns.[/quote]

Sorry, no, you don't get to rewrite history. Everyone with a brain knows better.[/quote]

Sorry MAGA breath. Anyone with at least half a brain knows I'm right on this. Immigration/border security was the one issue Trump could have held a more favorable legacy on than Biden but his chaotic deportation tactics spoiled any advantage he could have had in that regard. Trump will be remembered just as poorly as Biden will be when it comes to our immigration policy failures.[/quote]

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