Googling for statistics was difficult. Lots of month to month 'headlines', but the averages were difficult to determine. Highly variable.
Best I can come up with is last year 250,000 non citizens were removed from the US. (deported? i think that is the word). This excludes those turned away at the border, or not allowed in after contact with a border agent (not an expert, this is inferred by reading a couple of pages). 685 per day, every day.
Take 30 million eligible. That would take about 120 years.
Even doing it over 10 years would require increasing the current effort by a factor of 12.
No way the government can expand enough, and allocate enough resources to make that happen. Double or triple the current pace, maybe.
It is going to take a long time.
(personal opinion: criminals, send them back. immigrants committing fraud, send them back. people working and being part of society, make them a pathway to citizenship or legal residence. close the border to un monitored crossings)
Best I can come up with is last year 250,000 non citizens were removed from the US. (deported? i think that is the word). This excludes those turned away at the border, or not allowed in after contact with a border agent (not an expert, this is inferred by reading a couple of pages). 685 per day, every day.
Take 30 million eligible. That would take about 120 years.
Even doing it over 10 years would require increasing the current effort by a factor of 12.
No way the government can expand enough, and allocate enough resources to make that happen. Double or triple the current pace, maybe.
It is going to take a long time.
(personal opinion: criminals, send them back. immigrants committing fraud, send them back. people working and being part of society, make them a pathway to citizenship or legal residence. close the border to un monitored crossings)