Yes, Illegal Aliens CAN Be Removed…and Cheaply

 

People forget history. Or more precisely, politicians pretend history never occurred. Jeb Bush says it will cost “hundreds of billions of dollars” to deport illegal aliens. Most Democrat politicos state the sheer numbers are impossible. Yet, the IRS can track down millions of tax defaulters and scofflaws.
The IRS can force tens of millions to sign up for Obamacare. Despite all naysayers there is a way to extract ALL the illegal aliens and individuals who have overstayed their welcome. The solution has actually worked before. 

President Eisenhower deported a million illegals alone in the space of a year. Not only that, he did it with only 750 deportation agents, in an operation with a name we would never use today: Operation Wetback.

The 750 agents swept northward through agricultural areas with a goal of 1,000 apprehensions a day. By the end of July, over 50,000 aliens were caught… Another 488,000, fearing arrest, had fled the country. By September, 80,000 had been taken into custody in Texas, and an estimated 500,000 to 700,000 illegals had left the Lone Star State voluntarily.

Source: American Thinker
Unlike today, Illegals Aliens caught in that roundup were not simply released at the border. To discourage their return, buses and trains took aliens deep within Mexico before being set free.

If only 750 agents were able to get rid of a million or more illegals (either by direct arrest or by self-deportation), using the same logic, 7,500 agents should repatriate 10 million illegals back to their original countries. Seventy-five hundred agents won’t cost “hundreds of billions of dollars.” The entire operation cost barely over billion dollars, counting costs of detention and transportation. With the money saved, a really strong wall could be built across the entire southern border.
But Bush claims it will cost hundreds of billions. He just doesn’t even want to try. Neither does any of the politicians. But in reality, it would be quite easy to do, and cheap. One would imagine that Donald Trump is aware of Ike’s old plan. Trump is calling for deportation of illegals, and he emphasizes, truthfully, how easy it is to do, especially if E-Verify is mandatory and welfare benefits are cut off. I wish the other “real” conservatives would stand up and do the same. In the short and long term, it would be very economical for the nation…and very compassionate –to real U.S. Citizens.

Let’s call it “Operation Recycled Back Home.”