The kicker, to me at least, is I see no positive end to the mass deportation gig. Let's say we're entirely successful, and we remove every single illegal immigrant. The first issue is agriculture. Such a large portion depends on undocumented migrant workers. So we either
a. pay more money for produce (best case)
b. begin the trend of Americans working 14 hour days for 50 bucks (not good case)
c. use prison labor, opening the door for private prison expansion and draconian sentences for victimless crimes (nightmare scenario)
Then there's the issue that just because we rounded them up, doesn't mean their country will want them back. What do we do with those stuck in limbo?
a. just drop them off at the border of their home country, which they also won't be a legal resident of. This might have the potential of some people being endlessly deported between two countries that don't want them. As much as this sounds like it has potential for a blockbuster summer comedy, I'm sure the person living that life will be in a living hell.
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b. indefinitely detain them. This one is pretty scary. Without getting into the human rights side of a Gitmo for illegals unwanted by us and their mother country, the building of in house Gitmos and the precedent of being able to indefinitely detain people in country can be very dangerous. Particularly with some of the rhetoric the Trump team has been kicking around.
Anyway, just my thoughts one one main facet the Trump team has been focused on. I didn't even get into the fact it would be very expensive, on top of the fact that illegals, despite not paying payroll and income taxes, still buy stuff and pay a sales tax. We would lose that little bit of revenue, on top of an expensive deportation campaign, and the expenditures of the military expansion and wall building, on top of tax cuts.
I just don't see all of his plans working together well for the longevity of our society.