12-21-2018, 11:26 PM
(12-21-2018, 11:18 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: To both of you, but it saves the country so much money that would be spent on services for illegal immigrants that it will eventually pay for itself, while also allowing for more jobs to be available to citizens, as well as saving money on government agencies trying to stop illegal immigrants.
It eventually pays for itself and allows for more jobs to be available for citizens and the local economies to build.
Show me the data for this. We have a whole thread devoted to the topic of how much illegal immigration actually costs the country. The long and short is that there has been no definitive answer as to whether illegal immigration is a net negative or positive for us. Undocumented immigrants aren't eligible for government services. They pay taxes in that they don't get back. With or without the wall you would still need spending to combat illegal immigration since so many undocumented immigrants don't cross the southern border but stay on expired visas, and since you still need manpower on the wall and around the border.
Jobs and helping local economies can be achieved through infrastructure spending around the country or the Green New Deal. Replacing crumbling roads and bridges or making us energy independent provide huge long term cost benefits.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
