OCTOBER 2024 SPECIAL REPORT Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction and Executive Summary 1 Key Findings. [...] 4 The Targets of Mass Deportation 6 Costs to the Federal Government 8 Modeling and Assumptions. [...] 8 The Cost of Arrests. [...] 10 Removing 13.3 Million People in a Single Operation. [...] 12 The Cost of Detention.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction and Executive Summary 3
- key findings 6
- The Targets of Mass Deportation 8
- Costs to the Federal Government 10
- Modeling and Assumptions 10
- The Costs of Arrests 12
- Removing 13.3 Million People in a Single Operation 13
- Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 14
- The Cost of Detention 15
- Removing 13.3 Million People in a Single Operation 16
- Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 16
- The Cost of Legal Processing 18
- Removing 13.3 Million People in a Single Operation 18
- Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 19
- The Cost of Removals 20
- Removing 13.3 Million People in a Single Operation 20
- Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 21
- Costs to the U.S. Economy 22
- Labor Market Impact 22
- Impact on American Workers 24
- Macroeconomic Impact 26
- Conclusion 29
- Methodological Appendix 30
- Estimating The Undocumented Population 30
- Estimating the Cost of Mass Apprehensions 31
- Scenario 1: One-Time Mass Deportation 31
- Scenario 2: Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 32
- Estimating the Cost of Mass Detention 33
- Scenario 1: One-Time Mass Deportation 33
- Scenario 2: Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 35
- Calculating the Cost of Mass Legal Processing 37
- Scenario 1: One-Time Legal Processing 37
- Scenario 2: Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 37
- Calculating the Cost of Mass Removals 39
- Scenario 1: One-Time Mass Removals 39
- Scenario 2: Removing One Million Undocumented Immigrants Per Year 43
- Economic Contribution of Undocumented Immigrants 44
- Tax Estimates 44
- Gross Domestic Product Estimates 44
- Endnotes 45