Trump’s Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year

[Dragonlady]

We've all heard the snowflake lies about the cost of the wall and the cost of illegal immigration. Here's a more credible examination of the facts.

Trump's Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year—Do The Math | National Economics Editorial​

President Donald Trump announced that he will fulfill his campaign promise to build a nearly 2,000 mile long wall (not a fence) along America’s southern border with Mexico.​

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The idea is that a physical barrier will act as a low-cost deterrent, and will help stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering America via Mexico—the hope is that once an illegal alien (particularly a criminal migrant) is deported, they won’t return.​

​

The plan is simple and time-tested—China’s Great Wall did it’s job, so did Hadrian’s Wall in Roman Britain—and yet it’s come under fire from the mainstream media.​

​

They claim that the wall will be prohibitively expensive, that illegal immigrants contribute to America’s economy (so there’s no reason to deport them), and that the wall won’t work.​

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They’re factually wrong on all accounts—let’s look at the numbers.​

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How Much Will Trump’s Wall Cost? $21.6 Billion.​

The first question we must address is very straightforward: how much would it cost to build a wall along the Mexican border?​

​

We don’t know for sure (construction costs rarely align with initial estimates), but we have a few good estimates.​

​

Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Congress estimates the wall will cost $15 billion at most—he said it would likely fall within a range of $12 to $15 billion.​

​

However, according to more recent information acquired by Reuters, the border wall will cost $21.6 billion, and will take roughly 3.5 years to build. This is according to a document from the Department of Homeland Security.​

​

It’s probably our best current estimate, and this article will proceed under using this cost assumption.​

​

On the high end (which can’t be totally discounted, given the nature of construction projects), the left-wing advocacy group cum “newspaper” the Huffington Post said the wall would cost roughly $40 billion. Their evidence is based on a study done by MIT (although their assumptions about the size and building materials may be why the projection is so high).​

​

Either way, the cost of the wall pales in comparison to the cost of illegal immigrants in America.​

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What bullshit. The Great Wall of China failed. So did Hadrian's wall, and Trump's wall.

 

[rightwinger]

What bullshit. The Great Wall of China failed. So did Hadrian's wall, and Trump's wall.

In Boston they built a wall called The Green Monster
It failed

 

[Dragonlady]

If Dems had allowed him to build it it would have worked. You do realize that most of it never got built right? Democrats blocked it.

You say you are a female. Are you happy that many girls illegally trafficked across the border are sold into slavery and prostitution?

Do you have any numbers on the number of girls trafficked illegally across the border???? What about the number of girls being trafficked in Central America after Trump pulled funding for the police to fight gangs there???? Do you have those numbers.

Do you any FACTS to back up your blanket assertions about immigration or are you going to continue to post debunked right wing talking points, FuckBoi.

We've debunked your stupid threads hundreds of times before you showed up here last week and decided to repost all of this bullshit all over again. I guess Trump is taking such a drubbing in the press, that the Trump Cult, headed by Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, both of whom are going to have problems getting re-elected.

Just like separating parents and children at the border completely backfired for Trump, this horrific treatment of immigrants is being condemned around the world by decent people everywhere.

Trumpist continue to prove that they are not and have never been "decent people".

 

[CowboyTed]

We've all heard the snowflake lies about the cost of the wall and the cost of illegal immigration. Here's a more credible examination of the facts.

Trump's Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year—Do The Math | National Economics Editorial​

President Donald Trump announced that he will fulfill his campaign promise to build a nearly 2,000 mile long wall (not a fence) along America’s southern border with Mexico.​

​

The idea is that a physical barrier will act as a low-cost deterrent, and will help stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering America via Mexico—the hope is that once an illegal alien (particularly a criminal migrant) is deported, they won’t return.​

​

The plan is simple and time-tested—China’s Great Wall did it’s job, so did Hadrian’s Wall in Roman Britain—and yet it’s come under fire from the mainstream media.​

​

They claim that the wall will be prohibitively expensive, that illegal immigrants contribute to America’s economy (so there’s no reason to deport them), and that the wall won’t work.​

​

They’re factually wrong on all accounts—let’s look at the numbers.​

​

How Much Will Trump’s Wall Cost? $21.6 Billion.​

The first question we must address is very straightforward: how much would it cost to build a wall along the Mexican border?​

​

We don’t know for sure (construction costs rarely align with initial estimates), but we have a few good estimates.​

​

Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Congress estimates the wall will cost $15 billion at most—he said it would likely fall within a range of $12 to $15 billion.​

​

However, according to more recent information acquired by Reuters, the border wall will cost $21.6 billion, and will take roughly 3.5 years to build. This is according to a document from the Department of Homeland Security.​

​

It’s probably our best current estimate, and this article will proceed under using this cost assumption.​

​

On the high end (which can’t be totally discounted, given the nature of construction projects), the left-wing advocacy group cum “newspaper” the Huffington Post said the wall would cost roughly $40 billion. Their evidence is based on a study done by MIT (although their assumptions about the size and building materials may be why the projection is so high).​

​

Either way, the cost of the wall pales in comparison to the cost of illegal immigrants in America.​

​

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62% of undocumented immigrants are just over staying there visas... This is a number rising every year...

Thanks for showing us that. Also the number of asylum seekers on the border is way higher than the ones flying in..

 

[CowboyTed]

Do you have any numbers on the number of girls trafficked illegally across the border???? What about the number of girls being trafficked in Central America after Trump pulled funding for the police to fight gangs there???? Do you have those numbers.

Do you any FACTS to back up your blanket assertions about immigration or are you going to continue to post debunked right wing talking points, FuckBoi.

We've debunked your stupid threads hundreds of times before you showed up here last week and decided to repost all of this bullshit all over again. I guess Trump is taking such a drubbing in the press, that the Trump Cult, headed by Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, both of whom are going to have problems getting re-elected.

Just like separating parents and children at the border completely backfired for Trump, this horrific treatment of immigrants is being condemned around the world by decent people everywhere.

Trumpist continue to prove that they are not and have never been "decent people".

This crisis much the like the oil supply crisis is another mess generally created by Trump and dumped on Biden...

62% of undocumented immigrants are just over staying there visas... The state dept handles that, Trump gutted the state dept while president.

The number of asylum seeker ad refugees has risen considerably, the most dangerous countries have people fleeing them, they feel less safe in there. Trump cut funding for security in those countries even though it is US paid for drug war that is causing that...

 

[iceberg]

Illegal immigrants in America pay more in taxes than they receive in state benefits. The net economic benefit that they provide through working is also positive.

You should stop sourcing information from openly biased op-ed media. In other words, stop using fake news.

And I should trust some random jackass spouting unsubstantiated bullshit.

 

[iceberg]

Competitive labor leads to a stronger economy. Next!

If the illegals were not here, legals would do the work. Taxes still get paid.

Look. I can say random shit too!

 

[rightwinger]

If the illegals were not here, legals would do the work. Taxes still get paid.

Look. I can say random shit too!

With 3.6 percent unemployment?

 

[bripat9643]

What bullshit. The Great Wall of China failed. So did Hadrian's wall, and Trump's wall.

by "failed" you mean every 400 years the Mongols got through? I call that a great success.
Neither wall failed, dipstick. Was Britain ever invaded by the Scots?

Walls have worked every time they have been tried. The prog meme about the Great Wall of China failing has been debunked 1000 times.

 

[bripat9643]

With 3.6 percent unemployment?

That just means employers will have to increase the wages they pay. Only a prog would be against that.

 

[rightwinger]

That just means employers will have to increase the wages they pay. Only a prog would be against that.

 

[Godboy]

We make money off of illegals

That is why they are here

Thats sounds terrible, so lets get rid of every last one of them. Kick em all out.

 

[rightwinger]

Thats sounds terrible, so lets get rid of every last one of them. Kick em all out.

Give them work visas, pay a fair wage and have them pay taxes

Win/Win

 

[Godboy]

Give them work visas, pay a fair wage and have them pay taxes

Win/Win

Nah, these scrubs arent qualified enough to be paid the same wage as Americans.

 

[bripat9643]

This crisis much the like the oil supply crisis is another mess generally created by Trump and dumped on Biden...

62% of undocumented immigrants are just over staying there visas... The state dept handles that, Trump gutted the state dept while president.

The number of asylum seeker ad refugees has risen considerably, the most dangerous countries have people fleeing them, they feel less safe in there. Trump cut funding for security in those countries even though it is US paid for drug war that is causing that...

Biden created the oil supply crisis, numskull, and he also created this crisis. How stupid, sleazy and dishonest do you have to be to blame this on Trump? It's totally Biden's mess.

 

[bripat9643]

Give them work visas, pay a fair wage and have them pay taxes

Win/Win

Why should we do that? The USA isn't a welfare agency for indigent Mexicans.

Where is the win for lower wage American workers?

 

[rightwinger]

Why should we do that? The USA isn't a welfare agency for indigent Mexicans.

Where is the win for lower wage American workers?

 

[bripat9643]

I'll take that to mean there is none.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

We've all heard the snowflake lies about the cost of the wall and the cost of illegal immigration. Here's a more credible examination of the facts.

Trump's Wall Costs $21.6 Billion; Illegal Immigration Costs $148.3 Billion Per Year—Do The Math | National Economics Editorial​

President Donald Trump announced that he will fulfill his campaign promise to build a nearly 2,000 mile long wall (not a fence) along America’s southern border with Mexico.​

​

The idea is that a physical barrier will act as a low-cost deterrent, and will help stem the flow of illegal immigrants entering America via Mexico—the hope is that once an illegal alien (particularly a criminal migrant) is deported, they won’t return.​

​

The plan is simple and time-tested—China’s Great Wall did it’s job, so did Hadrian’s Wall in Roman Britain—and yet it’s come under fire from the mainstream media.​

​

They claim that the wall will be prohibitively expensive, that illegal immigrants contribute to America’s economy (so there’s no reason to deport them), and that the wall won’t work.​

​

They’re factually wrong on all accounts—let’s look at the numbers.​

​

How Much Will Trump’s Wall Cost? $21.6 Billion.​

The first question we must address is very straightforward: how much would it cost to build a wall along the Mexican border?​

​

We don’t know for sure (construction costs rarely align with initial estimates), but we have a few good estimates.​

​

Senate leader Mitch McConnell said Congress estimates the wall will cost $15 billion at most—he said it would likely fall within a range of $12 to $15 billion.​

​

However, according to more recent information acquired by Reuters, the border wall will cost $21.6 billion, and will take roughly 3.5 years to build. This is according to a document from the Department of Homeland Security.​

​

It’s probably our best current estimate, and this article will proceed under using this cost assumption.​

​

On the high end (which can’t be totally discounted, given the nature of construction projects), the left-wing advocacy group cum “newspaper” the Huffington Post said the wall would cost roughly $40 billion. Their evidence is based on a study done by MIT (although their assumptions about the size and building materials may be why the projection is so high).​

​

Either way, the cost of the wall pales in comparison to the cost of illegal immigrants in America.​

​

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This is as ignorant and wrong now as it was back in 2017.

Trump’s ‘wall’ of fear, ignorance, racism, bigotry, and hate would have done nothing to stop migration.

It’s just another example of the right’s stupidity and hate.

 

[bripat9643]

This is as ignorant and wrong now as it was back in 2017.

Trump’s ‘wall’ of fear, ignorance, racism, bigotry, and hate would have done nothing to stop migration.

It’s just another example of the right’s stupidity and hate.

How is it wrong, douchebag?