'Huge bills': Trump’s mass deportations are 'stretching government resources' to the limit

After promising mass deportations during his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump doubled down on that promise during his inaugural address and vowed that "millions and millions" of people will be flown out of the United States.

One of the MAGA arguments for mass deportations is that removing millions of undocumented immigrants will save taxpayers' money. But the Daily Beast's Leigh Kimmins, in an article published on February 13, lays out some reasons why mass deportations are not only difficult and complicated, but also, could cost taxpayers a fortune.

Kimmins explains, "President Donald Trump's mass deportations of unauthorized immigrants are sucking up public funds and stretching the limits of government resources, according to reports….. To deport just one million illegal 'aliens' would mean that Trump's Administration would need to repatriate some 2700 individuals daily for a full year. And reports suggest that Immigration and Customs Enforcement are nowhere near that figure due to a cocktail of dwindling funds, huge bills and there being no space to hold individuals."

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Kimmins notes that according to figures from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), "the highest daily arrest total was 1100." And when the Trump White House released a daily total on February 4, Kimmins adds, there were "just 800 arrests reported."

Kimmins cites reporting from Axios and the Wall Street Journal.

Axios reported that some GOP senators are urging Congress to fast-track $175 billion for deportation efforts, and Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama) told Axios, "At the end of the day, we’ve gotta just spend money. Unfortunately, the American taxpayers are going to have to pay the bill on this."

The WSJ, meanwhile, reported a $300 million price tag for repatriating around 100 migrants back to India on a military plane.

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Adriel D. Orozco, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, told Axios, "The system generally wasn't created to deport so many people, to deport millions of people."

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