Mass Deportation: Devastating Costs to America, Its Budget and Economy

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