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.” Through detailed analysis of economic data and immigration enforcement operations over the last decade, we break down the estimated costs of mass deportation. 

Some of the report’s key findings include: 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Analysis like this is only possible with your support. Please consider making a gift to the Council today.

​​​​​Sincerely,

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