Damn! Immigration Enforcement Cost Higher Than FBI, Drugs, Gun Enforcement Costs... COMBINED!

According to HuffPo: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/07/immigration-enforcement-cost_n_2425647.html

Quote :

WASHINGTON -- The United States spends more money on immigration enforcement -- nearly $18 billion in the 2012 fiscal year -- than on its other law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report released Monday from the nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute.

That spending went to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Patrol and US-Visit, a program that helps states and localities identify undocumented immigrants.

By contrast, the U.S. spent $14.4 billion -- combined -- on its other prime law enforcement agencies: the FBI, Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Marshal Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

There's a reason for the high cost. The Migration Policy Institute found that ICE and CBP also refer more cases to prosecution than those other agencies combined, and the immigration agencies also held more individuals in fiscal year 2011 than the federal Bureau of Prisons.

HOLY MOTHER MARY! And what exactly has that gotten us?? I could offer my opinion from a Californian's perspective, for certain.

Maybe if they DEPORTED some of them instead of HOLDING them our costs wouldn't be so high! I'd love to see how much of the piece of the pie was for Florida, California, Arizona, New Mex and Texas.

Amazing.

What the hell do they do?

Joanimaroni wrote:

What the hell do they do?

Spend our money.

Apparently, they catch, house, and transport a lot of prisoners.