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Back in 2013, during the discussions to approve an immigration reform, the Senate proposed to assign the amount of $46 billion to complete 700 hundred miles more and increase that number of agents at the border of Mexico to 40,000. Today, the balance of the miles to be completed remains 1,486. It is obvious here that the money needed to complete the whole wall would be much more than the actual estimates of $12 billion, $21 billion and $30 billion.

It has been estimated that 65 to 70 percent (7.1 to 7.7 million) of the 11 million illegal/undocumented people in the country did not enter illegally, but rather overstayed their visas. Some experts also estimate that the cost to deport all these people would be $6 billion or more, plus the impact to the local economy and the bank industry: about 3 million of them own their homes and, of course, who will keep paying their mortgages (?). Not to mention, the tremendous cost of the private detention centers to keep them until their deportation.

Finally, no 11, 20 or 30 million of the illegal/undocumented people weren't here if they don't have a job. Throughout years and years of problems with the illegal immigration, no government has done enough to stop the illegal hiring of illegal/undocumented people by some of our employers. The Washington Post pointed out during the administration of George W. Bush Jr., that 6 million businesses that employ more than 7 million illegal foreign workers. Yes, they needs the cheap labor in order for them to compete with the rest of the world, but they better do it the legal way and not at the expenses of the American taxpayers.

Jose Gonzalez

Brodheadsville

The rest is here:
Letter:Taxpays should not pay for immigration reform - Pocono Record