Averaging the cost estimates... shows a net fiscal drain of $74,722 per illegal crosser. ... If we use the NAS projections that include the descendants, the fiscal drain for border-crossers grows to $94,391 each.
If a wall stopped just 9 to 12 percent of these crossings it would pay for itself. [For reference, Israel's new border wall stopped 99% of illegal crossings]
If a wall stopped half of those expected to successfully enter illegally without going through a port of entry at the southern border over the next 10 years, it would save taxpayers nearly $64 billion — several times the wall’s cost.
That number in general should really make you think. If they on average drain more than the typical citizen earns, then how are those services even propped up?
Above average earners are really subsidizing the whole system, and it explains why the US is in massive debt, because there's just too much bloat.
It actually pays for itself, and in short order.
https://cis.org/Testimony/Can-Border-Wall-Pay-Itself
I'm always amazed that an illegal aliens net drain on society is more than I make in a year.
That number in general should really make you think. If they on average drain more than the typical citizen earns, then how are those services even propped up?
Above average earners are really subsidizing the whole system, and it explains why the US is in massive debt, because there's just too much bloat.
"But who is going to do my slave wage labor like cleaning toilets and picking oranges?" -Democrats