Jorge Ramos has an excellent piece on his website that lays out the dystopian nightmare of an America under a Trump presidency. Well worth reading.
For Trumpland to be free of undocumented immigrants, terror would necessarily reign. Imagine authorities across the country, raiding homes, workplaces and schools, violating the human rights of millions of men, women and children. President Trump would have to send soldiers, police officers and every agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to round up immigrants. After these brutal raids, the undocumented would need to be held in stadiums or other giant facilities while they waited to be put on buses or planes back to their countries of origin.
And how much would this all cost? About $137 billion dollars, or $12,500 per immigrant, according to estimates from ICE.
Trump should be reminded that great nations are defined not by how they treat the rich and powerful, but by how they care for the most vulnerable. In today’s political climate, undocumented immigrants and their children are our most vulnerable neighbors. Yet Trump wants to round them up and throw them out.