How much does the deportation of one illegal man cost

Even during the election campaign, Donald Trump announced his intention to deport 2-3 to millions of illegal immigrants who have committed crimes. After becoming president, he began to actively implement this promise, although such a policy would be expensive.

CNN calculated how much it costs to deport an illegal person.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE) is one of the main authorities responsible for deportation. The task of ICE is to detain unregistered immigrants who are going to be deported by court order or for other reasons.

According to official data, during the financial year's 2016, ICE spent $ 3,2 billion on identifying, arresting and deporting illegal immigrants. ICE carried out about 240 thousands of approximately 450 thousands of deportations that were carried out in 2016 year. Customs and border patrols are responsible for the rest, they also arrest and deport undocumented immigrants, but they act mainly at the borders, detaining illegal immigrants when they try to cross the border.

According to an immigration and customs officer, each ICE deportation cost the average taxpayer $ 10 854 in the 2016 fiscal year. This amount includes everything from housing and feeding the detainee to his transportation to his homeland.

Arrest

In 2016, most of the deportations made by ICE (175 thousand) took place directly at the border. The remaining deportations occurred either because the agency agents conducted their own investigation, or they relied heavily on local police forces. In 2016, ICE spent $ 129,4 million identifying and apprehending immigrants fleeing justice.

Many law enforcement agencies in the city, county and state coordinate the release of illegal immigrants from ICE after arresting them for other violations. This allows ICE to significantly reduce the costs of identifying illegal immigrants. During the ICE raids, 15 thousands of arrests were carried out, but such operations are very expensive, as the agency sends a team of 6-12 officers to the immigrant’s home, who, if necessary, will spend the whole day waiting for the illegal immigrant.

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Keeping illegal immigrants under arrest is the most expensive part of the deportation process, since it involves the provision of food, shelter, medical care, and other needs.

ICE operates 112 with its own illegal outreach centers in the United States. The agency also collaborates with 500 in other state, local and private prisons for keeping illegal immigrants.

In 2014, the average cost of housing a deportee at a detention center was $5. The average stay at this center is 633 days.

Sometimes costs increase unexpectedly. For example, in 2016, ICE spent an additional $ 345 million to accommodate a large number of detained families with children illegally crossing the southern border of the United States. Families in custody need specialized services, including education for school-age children.

While some illegal immigrants spend several days in the center, others may wait months or even years for decisions due to congestion or delaying the process for various reasons.

Legal support

Of the 450 thousands of illegal immigrants who were deported from the US in 2016, only 15% cases were tried in court. Immigrants with a preliminary decision of the court on expulsion or with overdue denials of visas can be deported from the country without the right to argue their case in court. But there are cases where they can challenge deportation in court, for example, those who have applied for asylum or petition for an adjustment of their immigration status on the basis of the American citizenship of their family member.

In order to represent their interests, they will need to pay for their own attorney, as the US government does not cover these costs for non-US citizens. However, in the event of a trial ICE must pay the services of a lawyer representing her interests.

The average litigation costs of government agencies range from $ 1200 to $ 1500 per case.

Among the longest-running cases are asylum cases. Such proceedings can take up to 2 years.

Transportation

Mexicans caught attempting to illegally cross the US border will be deported back to their country almost immediately due to the proximity of countries. Those who come from countries other than Mexico will be kept in custody until their transportation to their homeland has been arranged.

In addition to charter flights and buses, the detainees are also transported during special air operations of the ICE. Their aircraft can accommodate up to 135 deportees; most flights are to the Caribbean and Central and South America.

Chinese illegal immigrants go home on commercial flights accompanied by 2 marshals, who must then return to the United States, which significantly increases the cost of such operations.

Some illegal immigrants may come to the United States from countries that do not cooperate with the US immigration authorities, which means that they can remain under arrest in the immigration center for several months or even years.

In 2016, ICE stated that transportation costs for the deportation of one illegal person averaged $ 1 978.

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