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Here’s a Plan: Stop All Foreign Aid to Countries Sending Illegals to the US

Would you vote to cut off of foreign aid to these countries?



Here’s a Plan: Stop All Foreign Aid to Countries Sending Illegals to the US
The humanitarian costs can never be repaid, but America can help pay for...
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Here’s a Plan: Stop All Foreign Aid to Countries Sending Illegals to the US

The cost to the American people of the border crisis cannot yet be known. Civilians and federal agents have already paid the cost of increased risk and actual violence against Americans in border states.
The cost to the immigrants themselves–risk of danger and disease, the threat of abuse at the hands of the same criminal cartels that smuggle them into the country, lost dignity as they are herded like cattle through processing centers–are impossible ever to measure.
Moreover, the economic costs associated with processing a flood of illegal immigrants–thousands of whom are unaccompanied children–are sure to be enormous, and only grow as the White House continues to ignore the situation.

Texas has demanded $30 million from the Department of Homeland Security for costs associated with the crisis, but that is surely only part of the cost and only from one of several affected states.
It would seem that the only ones to profit from the rise in illegal immigration are the human traffickers who prey upon the immigrants, the smugglers who transport them…and the countries whose poor leave in search of a better life in the land of opportunity to the north.
While the humanitarian costs can probably never be repaid, a plan has surfaced to allow America to recover at least some of the economic costs associated with processing illegal immigrants and securing our nation’s borders: cut off the hundreds of millions in foreign aid that currently flows into the coffers of the very nations encouraging the illegal border crossings.
From Breitbart:

With estimates of over 130,000 children from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras streaming over the border in the coming year, it’s time to ask the obvious question: who is holding these countries accountable for sending their children to America en masse? Something this monumental and cataclysmic does not happen on its own; these governments are either criminally negligent in caring for their own people or are insidiously encouraging them to migrate across the border illegally.
According to the Congressional Research Service, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras receive $65.2 million, $22.3 million, and $41.9 million in foreign aid respectively. Some more funds are funneled to these countries through sundry programs run by the State Department, such as the Western Hemisphere Regional program. Recently, the House Appropriations Committee marked up the annual appropriations bill funding the State Department’s budget. If this bill comes to the floor, conservatives should push for some sort of conditioning of foreign aid to their commitment to stem the tide of the migration.
Moreover, it’s time for Congress to start holding Mexico accountable for their unwillingness to stop the flow from their side of the border. It’s hard to imagine how hundreds of thousands of children from Central America can march straight through their country and across our southern border without some degree of cooperation from the Mexican government. Perhaps some sort of deterrent can be attached to their foreign aid, which topped $200 million last year.

This seems like common sense. No disincentive currently exists for nations like Honduras to work to stem the tide of their citizens crossing illegally into the United States, and even though these aid figures represent only a bit more than one percent of government revenue for these nations, this proposal would nonetheless provide a very clear one.
Almost without exception, the further “upstream” a problem can be solved, the more cost-effective the solution. This may be a truism never learned by community organizers, but every businessperson with actual executive experience can attest to its veracity. Cutting off the flow of illegal immigration at the source is a much more effective solution than deporting immigrants after they arrive.
President Obama may be unwilling to address the issue, but Congress still retains the power of the purse. Unless foreign aid is targeted specifically at reducing the flow of illegal immigrants–and can be demonstrated to have been used effectively for that purpose–Congress should introduce legislation to eliminate it immediately.
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Indeed. Now what I'd like to do is invite the consulate officials from all these countries sending their illegals to the nearest AF base that has a landing strip. Put them on the tarmac while they march all their citizens onto cargo planes and tell them that they are being deported back to their country. Let them spread the word that we aren't going to stand for it and will return them. Send plane after plane after plane. It will be far cheaper to do this now than support these illegal aliens the rest of their lives and make no mistake the vast majority will be on the welfare roles. We can name it Operation Return To Sender.

Originally Posted by tiredofit

Indeed. Now what I'd like to do is invite the consulate officials from all these countries sending their illegals to the nearest AF base that has a landing strip. Put them on the tarmac while they march all their citizens onto cargo planes and tell them that they are being deported back to their country. Let them spread the word that we aren't going to stand for it and will return them. Send plane after plane after plane. It will be far cheaper to do this now than support these illegal aliens the rest of their lives and make no mistake the vast majority will be on the welfare roles. We can name it Operation Return To Sender.

Absolutely! Return To Sender .... that's it in 3 words. Thank you tiredofit!