"In reassessing the cost, the following analysis
compares and contrasts what an amnesty would cost taxpayers in
terms of social services, lost wages, health care subsidies, and
educational expenditures. The author concludes that comparative
estimates demonstrate “no matter how high the costs of
deporting illegal aliens may seem, the costs of not deporting them
are larger still.”"
"We believe that neither the pro- nor the anti-immigration groups are
asking the right questions. Neither side has assessed the costs of maintaining the
status quo, i.e., the annual costs of an immigration policy that refuses to either
stem the influx of illegal aliens or deport illegals already here."