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by plandis 2924 days ago
There is an opportunity cost. If you spend more money on border security then you can’t spend that money on something else.
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It can be argued that not being proactive about illegal immigration is also expensive: https://cis.org/Can-Border-Wall-Pay-Itself
The CIS is a dubious source, at best, on immigration matters. If not an outright hate group: https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/grou...
>The CIS is a dubious source, at best, on immigration matters.

Oh they're certainly biased. That's why I said "it can be argued".

>If not an outright hate group

SPLC plays way too fast and loose to be taken seriously anymore: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/southern-poverty-law-cen...