Deporting immigrants costly and violates due process
By Kiana Davis / For The Herald
Approximately 10.5 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States, but soon those people will be displaced back to their country. Deportation as a result split up almost 4.4 million families with kids. President Trump is planning the deportation of illegal immigrants bypassing Congress. He’s doing this using the Alien Enemies Act (A law used in 1789 to deport Venezuelan gang members without due process). Due process makes sure all are treated justly and fairly.
This deportation of immigrants is the wrong approach here. It’s costly in time and money, immigrants are not a large issue for the United States, and the way they’re deporting immigrants refuses them due process.
The problem with deporting all immigrants is that the time and cost are very high to deport everyone. According to the George W. Bush presidential center it estimates that it would take up to 20 years and cost between $100 and $300 billion. Consequently, whatever benefits that could be gained by deportation are outweighed when you see how much taxpayer dollars would go to this, and taxes would increase to fund the deportation. People being forced out of the country immigration officers may apprehend people that are here legally. People normally don’t carry their papers with them and who knows when if they get to show proof of citizenship in custody. With this in mind it’s clear that deportation is going to be costly in the long run, and is it worth it for the United States?
Another point is that immigration is not a major issue for the United States. As reported by Ava Morgsteine only 3.6% of the world’s population is migrants and only 18% of those people still chose to go to the United States. Most of the immigrants here have come years or even decades past. Now this brings up the question, why is it seen as such a large problem in the media? The answer is politicians. Politicians often whip up anti-immigrant feelings and make the population feel like their taking American jobs. The number of jobs that immigrants are taking aren’t actively affecting most people and there are equal opportunities for both immigrants and native-born citizens. Therefore, as we move along it’s important to keep this in mind when talking about how immigrants aren’t receiving due process.
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