Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 03/07/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Trump toured Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility in Everglades. The one Big Beautiful Bill includes $150bn for Trump’s deportation agenda over four years. Florida officials joined the president and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for the tour. Trump’s ‘illegal alien’ cost estimate comes from group that advocates for low immigration levels. Critics have taken issue with it. The White House quoted 2024 testimony to a committee in the House of Representatives. The CBO estimated federal deficits would decline by almost $1 trillion over 10 years. Immigrants generate nearly $1 trillion (in 2024 dollars) in state, local and federal taxes, which is almost $300 billion more than they receive in government benefits. We rated a similar version of Trump’s statement false. The 11.8 million figure comes from a CBO analysis of the Senate-passed bill. Other provisions of the House and Senate bills would change the healthcare programme for low-income Americans. The Homeland Security Department estimated about 4 million encounters under Biden led to expulsions or removals. About 3.8 million people were released into the US to await court hearings, Department of Homeland Security data show.
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Man, I ain’t got time to read the equivalent of the Library of Congress of all the lies about these things.