WASHINGTON — Deporting the estimated 5 million undocumented immigrants who could benefit from deportation-relief policies that Republicans are trying to block would have a hefty price, according to a report released Monday from the left-leaning Center for American Progress.
The report estimates a cost of about $50.3 billion — about $10,070 per person — to deport those eligible for President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration, which are under fire from Republicans.
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“Instead of pretending that the United States will deport all 5 million individuals shielded by the president’s executive action, Congress should come together and pass an immigration reform bill that puts them on a path to legal status, toward becoming full and equal members of society,” wrote report author Philip Wolgin, the group’s associate director for immigration.
