Thread by @usacsmret

What happens to the USA’s economy (and environment) if 20 million people go away? Indeed, just what would happen? Consider these pithy points from Rocky Mountain News reporter, Tina Griego...
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If some of these 20 million newest residents went away, so would much of the USA’s poverty. That’s part of how much we have to lose, and there is more!
Griego continues with statistics familiar to BALANCE activists:

1. $14 Billion to $22 Billion dollars Expenditure on illegal aliens on welfare.
2. $7.5 Billion dollars per year on Medicaid.

3. $12 Billion dollars per year are spent each year on primary and secondary school education for children here illegally plus $27 Billion dollars each year for education for the American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.

4. $3 Million Dollars 'PER DAY' is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens. That's $1.2 Billion a year.
5. 28% percent of all federal prison inmates are illegal aliens.

And the NET Costs of Legal Immigration are even more staggering. The NET estimates that the cost of Legal Immigration to U.S. Taxpayers of $ 330 Billion per year — a bill which falls to the American Federal Taxpayer (i.e., not including State & Local Costs). So add that.

THE SOLUTION:
Re Illegal:

Complete the Wall
Implement e-Verify
Require asylum seekers to apply and wait for a decision before entering the USA
Require proof of kinship to protect children

Re Legal:

“Slots” allowing Legal Immigration (e.g., the Uncapped Asylee Category) are Magnets for Illegal Immigrants, and since the numbers of Legal Immigrants is Far Too High anyway, it is essential to enact an all-categories-included Zero-Net Moratorium on Legal Immigration.

A Zero-NET Policy (i.e., where Immigration equals Emigration) would still allow 150,000/year Legal Immigrants including asylees and refugees. Enactment of an all-Categories-included Zero-NET MORATORIUM on Legal Immigration!

A strong preference in hiring be given to Americans and especially those 5.9 Million displaced by immigrants since 2005.
Require asylum seekers to apply and wait for a decision before they enter the USA.