Right Side of the Rainbow

Washington Post:

A new study by a liberal Washington think tank puts the cost of forcibly removing most of the nation’s estimated 10 million illegal immigrants at $41 billion a year, a sum that exceeds the annual budget of the Department of Homeland Security.

Okay. But how much would it cost to make a few high profile arrests (and to pay for the subsequent incarceration) of employers who hire illegals? That’s the more sensible question.

The prospect of a prison term can concentrate the mind — and it can do it for a lot less than $41 billion annually.