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John,
The upcoming presidential election has propelled immigration to the forefront of the debate, including calls for extreme policies like the mass deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants.
The American Immigration Council wants you to know the devastating cost of such a proposed operation.
Today, we released our new special report, “ Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy [[link removed]] .” Through detailed analysis of economic data and immigration enforcement operations over the last decade, we break down the estimated costs of mass deportation.
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Some of the report’s key findings include:
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A
multi-year
mass
deportation
campaign,
which
would
expand
the
infrastructure
needed
to
arrest,
detain,
process,
and
remove
one
million
undocumented
immigrants
per
year,
would
cost
$88
billion
on
average
per
year
or
a
total
of
$967.9
billion.


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This
operation
would
take
over
10
years.
For
the
same
costs,
the
U.S.
government
could
build
2.9
million
new
homes,
pay
full
tuition
and
expenses
for
8.9
million
people
to
attend
an
in-state
public
college
for
four
years
or
even
increase
annual
worldwide
funding
for
cancer
research
18-fold
for
every
year
of
the
operation.


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Mass
deportation
would
also
deal
a
devastating
blow
to
the
U.S.
economy,
shrinking
our
GDP
between
4.2
to
6.8%,
and
hit
key
industries
already
struggling
with
chronic
labor
shortages.


We believe that an accurate understanding of the implications of major policy changes like mass deportation – both for immigrants and everyday Americans – is critical for our national discourse.
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​​​​​ Sincerely,
Jeremy Robbins
Executive Director
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