Source: The Daily Economy
by Zixuan Ma
“Questions abound as to whether or how a second Trump administration will carry out a mass deportation. After all, President Trump promised large deportations before; but data show he failed to match Obama’s numbers, largely due to resistance of state and local authorities. It’s also clear ICE, the federal agency responsible for deportations, does not have the capacity to handle a mass deportation on a scale Trump is promoting. Perhaps in response to such concerns, Trump has floated using the military or local police to conduct deportations, the legality of which would likely need to be resolved by the Supreme Court. … An economic analysis would involve not only direct costs and benefits to the government, but also impact on the labor market and the US economy more broadly.” (11/11/24)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-enormous-costs-of-mass-deportation/