Instead of simply driving the illegals to an airport and flying them back to their country, which would cost for one-half of 1 percent of the $3.8 billion Obama wants – Obama wants to house the illegals at a cost of $250 per day per person.
Makes one think he doesn’t want to send them home, doesn’t it?
Most of his proposal is to pay living expenses. At the unofficial reported cost of $250 per person per day, President Barack Obama is proposing we spend $1.8 billion “to provide appropriate care for unaccompanied children.” That works out to 19,726 minors for a year. (The official term for them, written into federal statute, is “undocumented alien children.” Not undocumented immigrants, migrants or refugees. Those other terms are efforts at propaganda.)
In addition, Obama wants another $879 million “for detention and removal of apprehended undocumented adults traveling with children,” and “alternatives to detention programs” for these adults. He blends “removal” with “detention” to make it impossible to determine how many removals are planned.
If the money is all for detention, then the $250 per person reveals the plan is to house 9,632 adults for a year at taxpayers’ expense.
Combine 19,726 minors with 9,632 adults and you have 29,358 people. But it gets worse. The request is for a “supplemental appropriation.” In budget lingo, that typically means it’s for the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. If these funds don’t cover a full year, either the cost per person is much higher or the number of people is much higher.
If the daily cost per person is less than $250, then the small city of illegal aliens we’re supporting will be larger than 29,358.
Although Obama asks for lots of money to take care of people permanently, he gives zero details about a timeframe for deporting or repatriating any of the persons involved.
The $250 a day figure compares with the $667 one-way cost of an airline ticket from McAllen, Texas, to Guatemala City, Guatemala, according to both Orbitz and Priceline. The combined airfare for 29,358 passengers would be $19.6 million. That is one-half of 1 percent of President Obama’s overall $3.8 billion request. Volume discounts and government rates would yield even lower fares. But even without discounts, sending everyone home right away saves taxpayers 99.5 percent!
Source: washingtontimes.com
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Send them home !
Fly back to the country they came from and push them out of the plane and tell them to learn to fly.
Why can’t we help them without having them live here?
Yes, Richard, we get it; however, BO MUST NOT get away with destroying our country!
Last I heard plans do fly south, just sayin
nO. PUT THEM BACK ON THE BUS THEY CAME IN ON AND IF THEY WALKED, GIVE THEM THE ROUTE BACK HOME.
Once Obama declares amnesty they will be citizens and voters. If they live in Democrat controlled states they can vote for Obama multiple times.
AMERICA HAS ENOUGH PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO SEE THAT IMMIGRATION LAWS ARE ENFORCED RATHER THAN ALLOW THIS INFLOW OF MORE PROBLEMS ENDANGERING THE POPULATION OF THE U.S.A… QUOTE; GRAND PA
Burt Scott Staggs, Bush’s legislation didn’t make anything harder. If anything, it’s one of a hand ful of things he did that made it more efficient. Instead, Obama is dragging his knuckles on this and then says I don’t have to see what’s going on. Oh let’s not forget all the adverts in Centeal America encouraging people to come here illegally along with executive actions that make it impossible for Border Patrol to detain and process those who obviously are part of MS13 and such.
John Tuttle you sound like a moron, and you’re a part of the problem in this country if that’s how you think. Sure, they’re fleeing their country because if hardship, but you won’t put yourself in their shoes. I agree we shouldn’t let them in, but killing someone for coming here? I’m sorry, but that statement is plain stupidity and lack of human empathy. It’s sad that this is the view of the majority of conservatives in your generation. Wake up.