No d’uh. It’s interesting because it’s a more scholarly take, coming from a (notoriously right-wing) “libertarian” think tank.
When you combine the likely cost of mass deportation with the lost fiscal benefits from recent illegal immigrants, reversing the “Biden Border Crisis” will end up imposing almost $6 trillion in costs on U.S. taxpayers.
And lose 100s of billions of dollars in tax revenue.
And pay billions for the prison guards, not to mention for the police forces to contain the riots nationwide
Between deportations and rising food costs, the service industry will get hit hard too
Granted, Trump could only do half of what he said. Or stroke out tomorrow. But if we stay on this course, I imagine a depression is likely.