Editor, Gazette-Journal:
Trump’s and Stephen Miller’s comments disclose the GOP’s massive immigrant deportation plan that will target millions of people. According to the Pew Research Center, “The unauthorized immigrant population in the United States reached 10.5 million in 2021 …” Tom Homan, a top Trump adviser says, “No one should be off the table.”
For an operation of that scale, Trump says he would rely mostly on the National Guard to round up and remove undocumented migrants throughout the country. “If they weren’t able to, then I’d use [other parts of] the military,” he says.
What would this cost? Estimates range to up to $300 billion. Think about military patrolling our streets. Moving deportees to internment camps, which are yet to be built. Feeding and caring for people. Then 95,000+ chartered flights. Guess who pays? We the taxpayers, of course.
Question, will it be worth it? Why?
Remember, these people have been assimilated into our country. Can you imagine the disruption i...