March 9, 2019
A couple of other border crises
By Silvio Canto, Jr.
As I recall, President Nixon wrote a book called Six Crises. As I see it, we may have that many crises on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Let me mention two that no one talks about: cost and rule of law.
The cost is a huge factor, as I saw in this 2018 CNBC report:
According to ICE’s FY 2018 budget, on average it costs $133.99 a day to maintain one adult detention bed. But immigration groups have pegged the number closer to $200 a day.
The cost to maintain a family bed, which keeps mothers and children together in a family residential center, costs around $319 a day, according to DHS.
Read more:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/03/a_couple_of_other_border_crises.html#ixzz5hg6gUWTc
