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Colombia is not the United States’ main trading partner and the asymmetries are enormous. The US economy is much bigger than the Colombian and doesn’t depend on the Colombian economy,
said George Mason University Professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera
We're gonna need more ICE beds, a minimum of 100,000,
he told ABC NewsThis is the No. 1 issue that people voted on. And I think Congress has a mandate to give us [the] money we need,
Homan said
If you’re in the country illegally, you’re on the table because it’s not OK to, you know, violate the laws of this country,
he saidWe’re enforcing laws Congress enacted and the president signed, if they don’t like it, change the law,
he said of those who are opposing the moveSo we’re going to do this on a priority [basis], that’s President Trump’s promise. But as that aperture opens, there’ll be more arrests nationwide.”
He addedIs that going to be a constant commitment from the US military every single day to take deportees out?” ... Yes,
Homan was asked on ABC News’ This Week ... he repliedWhat price [would] you put on all these young ladies that have been raped and murdered and burned alive?”
he added of some victims of illegal migrantsSanctuary cities lock us out of the jails. So instead of ICE being able to arrest the bad guy … sanctuary cities release them back in the community, which endangers the community,
he said
We need more money for Tom Homan. I'm for deporting illegal immigrants here who are criminals. Most people are. The public's with him. But if you don't get new money into the system, Tom Homan can't do his job,
Graham added
So to my Republican colleagues, we've hit a wall here. We’re not building a wall. We've hit a wall,
Graham told CNNIf mass deportations overreach, there's going to be just serious disruptions to our economy. We are urging Congress and President Trump to move forward with solutions that secure the border but also work to reform our broken immigration system so that, you know, our economy can still be the number one economy in the world."
Rebecca Shi, executive director of the American Business Immigration Coalition, previously told Newsweek
It won't cost trillions of dollars. I think we don't yet know the dollar figure,
the House speaker saidMass deportation would require additional staff to round up and process individuals, more prison space, and everything else that goes into running prisons—salaries, food, uniforms, HVAC, heating and aircon expenses, etc. All of this requires funding appropriation from the first branch of government—Congress. If the second branch, the executive branch, acts without significant legislative oversight, it could challenge the balance of powers."
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School professor Fernando Chang-Muy previously told Newsweek
I cannot think of a better dollar-for-dollar investment than to restore the security and the safety of the country. We've had a wide-open border for four years and millions upon millions of illegal persons. We have dangerous illegals in the country, criminals who have already committed crimes here, violent crimes against American citizens."
House Speaker Mike Johnson said on NBC News' Meet the Press last weekI'm being realistic. We can do what we can with the money we have. We're going to try to be efficient, but with more money we have, the more we can accomplish. I don't have the money to remove that many people,
he said
I want to go back to those military flights going south,
ABC’s Martha Raddatz said
Right now, it’s countering public safety threats, national security threats,
Homan said of the current focus of the deportation effortsYou got to remember, every time you enter this country illegally, you violated a crime under Title eight, United States Code 1325, it’s a crime,
he addedWhen you talk about the aperture opening, the estimates of those who have been convicted or arrested in the past are 700,000 to over a million. So after you do that, then you go after everybody who is there illegally?"
Raddatz asked