How much is the migrant crisis costing US taxpayers? | NewsNation Now

While previous administrations leaned heavily on detaining migrants, the Biden administration has taken a different approach, and it's costing taxpayers. NewsNation's Ali Bradley reports.

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[terrischick]

As a former Public Health Nurse, what used to be detention Facilities were also Tuberculosis and other Communicable disease evaluation centers. It is critical to screen these folks before coming in and treat if they are active. Mark my words... we will see a huge of wave of TB back in this country, along with diseases that we have not seen for many years. They are bypassing an important protection process by passing illegally.

[rochellet]

In the meantime, inflation continues to rise for working Americans.

[SheilaGriffin-fy]

It's ridiculous It's a nitemare people working over time and taxed to death so they can have hotels hotels laundry service free health care on and on no wonder we are in a hole we will never see daylight 😢😢

[dustywilson]

$100 MILLION / MONTH

I just think of all the shit that could use that money

[mariondewit]

In Germoney they spent more money to these « refugees’ than for their own prople

[msme]

This is NOT the time to be letting in people who can't support themselves. Housing shortage and homeless crisis

[gwendolynbennett]

Spending all this money for people who will never be able to repay. Even working they are not going to be paid their worth.

[samueld.webster]

When Donald Trump was in office this wasn't happening

[richardburnfin]

It's costing the American tax payers their nation

[mikeofstedahl]

ALTERNATIVE TO DETENTION PUT THEM IN 4 AND 5 STAR HOTELS FOR MONTHS /YEARS , ON THE TAX PAYERS DIME , THIS NEEDS TO STOP, ,

[luisbarrera]

Get them to work in the fields while they wait for their immigration court date .maybe that will make them think twice before coming to America.

[AnthonyBarnes-dl]

No, no, no more money except for deportations

[thebadgerette]

Guess what, April 15th if you owe money say screw you!

[taiwancanhelp]

We only want people who can contribute

[CalvinMorris-cfjk]

give each unknown migrant I million dollars for they can buy a house it would cost less Than 5 star hotels for the next 20 years. vote smart.

[johnhmielewski]

I just won a jackpot at the casino and sent the taxes right to these illegals for free whatever they want, hope it helps.

[scottfarner]

And we need several more of those facilities.

[HaleyTylertoo]

"It's OK for them to sit back and do nothing and reap the rewards through the labor of others." Bill Cooper explaining their moral obligation to provide economical assistance to 3rd world countries. This was spoken over twenty years ago on his radio broadcast.

[freedomofpraise]

Shut down looming???
O to Our citizens

[shaf]

It ain't going to cost me nothing you are the one's that screwed it up .