Is it logistically possible to deport 12,000,000 people?

Question

If so, which would be less expensive, deporting 12,000,000 people or amnesty for those not guilty of a crime other than trying to illegally get work?

Answer 1

Why not just imprison the employers and landlords who hire them and rent to them? A law requiring stiff sentences for U.S. citizens who make these crimes possible would convince many illegals to buy their own ticket home. Then if the government officials who have ignored their duty to enforce the current law on immigration were punished, their replacements would have some incentive to do better. (Apparently, a paycheck isn't enough). And since there has been some kind of conspiracy to prevent these laws from being enforced, I think the RICO statute could be used to prosecute whoever planned and organized the whole fiasco - clearly this didn't happen spontaneously. All these ideas are logistically possible, and the cost of not enforcing our laws would be far greater...

Answer 2

It is possible to deport 12 million illegal alien invaders, but it would be too expensive. A better policy than deportation or amnesty for all illegals, as is in the Senate Shamnesty bill, is to follow a policy of attrition through enforcement. We need to add one more law which makes it a felony to be in the country illegally punishable by at least 60 days in prison doing hard labor. We are a nation of laws, and if our politicians would enforce our immigration laws, the illegal alien problem can be solved inside of 20 years.

Answer 3

The first problem is finding all of the 12,000,000. If it is known how many are here, than it would seem logicla that they could be found and sent back where they came from. Somehow, only the number of "illegals' is known, not who or where they are. 12,000,000 bus tickets at $100 a ticket would be $1,200,000,000, not real cheap, but it has to be viewed against the cost of having that same number stay. Of course if they are able to work legally, they could pay into taxes and that could lessen the blow as well. I'd say keep them and grant them citizenship over time. They should have to apply and work towards citizenship, not just be granted it outright however.

Answer 4

In the case of illegal aliens, the cost of deportation and temporary upkeep is the responsibility of the home country of the aliens and there are ways such as special tariffs, buying visas for any visitors from that country (including diplomatic), freezing aid, and freezing and seizing that governments assets to make it stick. It would take time, of course. The cost of too fast immigration is the loss of nationhood so other costs are small.

Muri, the Constitution states, "We the people of these united states" -- not "we the people of the world". The Constitution protects state citizens and welcomed guests - not illegal immigrants.

Answer 5

The amnesty would be less expensive, first because Immigrants will have to pay a fine and for adjustment of status (around $7000.00 per person in total), and second because the Constitution of the USA protects The People, not only citizens, so immigrants will have the right for a due process of law. If you give them a due process of law, it means that they have the opportunity to appear before an Immigration judge, they will have to stay in a Federal prision during the process, and after, the goverment will have to take them out of the Country. Keeping someone in prision costs the goverment around $80.00 per person, per day, and renting an airplane is around $250,000.00 per trip. Just think the cost of arresting, processing, and then deporting people to all over the world, plus the economic cost (especially for agriculture and exportation of goods) of losing that many workers. It's to much; would be better just to legalize them, make them pay taxes, and pay for their visas; besides it's not really an amnesty, the wont become residents, nor citizens, the will only have a work visa for now, getting the residence will still be very hard for them.

Answer 6

Using world war two troop movement philosophy it is very possible. According to the heritage foundation the estimated cost of this amnesty would be a whopping 2.5 TRILLION. It isn't like we would move out 12-20 million people in a matter of weeks, the entire mass deportation would take much longer, with tax credits going to transportation companies like airlines, buses and trains who help in the effort.

Answer 7

if government tightened the employment screws a little at a time, my guess is that they'd deport themselves just as they brought themselves here.

Of course, it would help if Congress eliminated import barriers [quotas,and taxes] on products from all countries whose per capita GDP is less than 20% of ours. That would increase demand for workers in Honduras and encourage their men to stay home and take jobs there.

As you'd guess, I doubt Congress can be this enlightened. They have way too many financial contributors to protect from the rigors of competing with poor people in poor nations.

Btw, the leftists will think I'm talking about businesses buying Congress and the cons will think I'm talking about labor unions buying Congress.

They'll both be correct, for once!!

:-)

Answer 8

How about enforcement of our current laws! If we jail the employers it will dry up the job market. They will deport themselves! We don't need them anyway and would be much better without the 20+ million illegal alien criminals that are here breaking our laws!

NO AMNESTY!

Answer 9

This McCain-Kennedy plan is really the best solution we have. Really we are not helping ourselves by continuing this debate, while still leaving illegals in the shadows and away from the public eye. I would rather know who is here and accounted for than know there are 12 to 15 million people who are lurking around in the shadows, being picked up by police and then being released because they have no clue what to do with them. Last time I checked giving them TEMPORARY legal status is not Amnesty it is necessity. All of these opponents are really just trying to toot their own horn and have no clue what they are talking about.

Edit
according to the very conservative Center for Immigration studies Illegals cost this country 26billion dollars not 2.5 trillion like some nutjobs like to insinuate. In return Illegals put back in 16 billion in taxes, that would leave a net of 10 billion lost on spending to them or put in terms of our total federal deficit of over 300 billion dollars exactly 3 percent.

Answer 10

Yes it is very possible however not under this Gov. because your elected officials can and will not hear what the people want!
It would be very much less expensive, when you put all the unearned benefits they will receive, that you as a citizen will never see.
A criminal should never be rewarded in any way, and by the way ,have you seen any adds in the papers for farm workers?