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Under Trump’s second term, ICE was directed to make 3,000 arrests per day, a sharp increase from Biden-era averages (around 300/day) .
What percentage of those arrested had serious criminal backgrounds?
What percentage of those arrested had serious criminal backgrounds?
– Recent DHS/ICE data (May–June 2025) indicate that roughly 40 % of those detained had no criminal record, meaning about 60 % were criminal cases .
– However, official ICE statistics from the first 100 days of Trump’s presidency show 75 % of arrestees had accused or confirmed criminal histories.
Summary: Trump has picked up most of the easy sources of criminal immigrants (from prisons and those convicted), now ICE must go into the schools, places where people are working, and where they are trying to follow the rules and become legal by the rules, and are appearing in court on minor charges.
Net cost of illegal aliens to the US
GAO review of Cost of Undocumented
The cost varied considerably, ranging from $2 billion to $19 billion,
"Research studies indicate that many illegal aliens pay taxes, including federal and state income taxes; Social Security tax; and sales, gasoline, and property taxes. However, researchers disagree on the number of revenues illegal aliens generate and the extent to which these revenues offset government costs for benefits and services."? Net cost of our citizens budget deficit.????
Who is going to do the farm labor?
Who is going to do the farm labor?
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Administration of Justice Outlays Scaap compensation $330,000,000 federal incarceration $678,400,000 byrne grants $24,300,000 detention and removal $2,545,000,000 project safe neighborhoods $39,500,000 residual ice functions $2,824,000,000 executive office of immigration review $222,500,000 southwest border prosecution $33,000,000 coast guard $500,000,000 national guard $642,000,000 Total $7,838,700,00). and education children (Educating the Children of Illegal Aliens title i program $1,332,900,000 migrant education program $236,900,000 title iii program $538,000,000 Total $2,107,800,000)
Taxes Collected from Illegal Aliens net income taxes -$2,302,800,000 social security tax $7,000,000,000 medicare tax $1,637,100,000 excise and miscellaneous taxes $2,489,700,000 employer taxes (futa & income) $632,600,000 Subtotal $9,456,600,000. (Source)
Net Positive from Undocumented Workers Annually = $7,348,800,000
Net Positive from Undocumented Workers Annually = $7,348,800,000
Most legal immigrants do not have access to means-tested welfare for their first five years here, with few exceptions primarily determined on the state level and funded with state taxes. Illegal immigrants don't have access at all—except for emergency Medicaid.
Immigrants also make significant net contributions to Medicare and Social Security, the enormous portions of the welfare state, because of their ages, ineligibility, and their greater likelihood of retiring in other countries. Far from draining the welfare state, immigrants have given the entitlement portions a few more years of operation before bankruptcy.
The empirical evidence is conclusive: The flow of skilled workers from low-productivity countries to high-productivity nations increases people's incomes in the destination country, enriches the immigrants, and helps (or at least does not hurt) those left behind.
The US Will Lose Population Without Immigration:
The US Will Lose Population Without Immigration:
The loss of population can be severely detrimental to the general economy, as China has shown after its "One Child" program.
There may not be enough workers to maintain the economy
There will not be enough young workers to support those moving into retirement.
The US birth rate is 1.8 and below the replacement rate of 2.1
"There is strong evidence that all immigrants — in the United States legally or otherwise — are more law-abiding than native-born American citizens. Most immigrants are motivated to do well in their new country, especially if they bring skills that can enhance local economies, and so there is little incentive to break the law".
"..Data indicates most smuggling of illicit drug substances into the U.S. happens at ports of entry [where tucks and boats are checked by customers officers], not between. Hidden in compartments in vehicles and cargo, smuggling is often quicker and more expedient at POEs compared to traveling through rough terrain between ports. While it might appear easier to smuggle illicit fentanyl between POEs, there are tools that detect the movement of illicit drugs between ports that likely make it a more difficult option".
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