Raccoon🏳️🌈<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> Important <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> to remember for <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> discussion...</p><p>Between 12% and 14% of the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/population" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>population</span></a> is <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/noncitizens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noncitizens</span></a>, which includes <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Visa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Visa</span></a> Holders, Legal Permenant Residents without <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Citizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Citizenship</span></a>, and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Undocumented" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Undocumented</span></a> / <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/UnauthorizedImmigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnauthorizedImmigrants</span></a> / <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IllegalImmigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalImmigrants</span></a>.</p><p>Only 3% to 4% of the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/USpopulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpopulation</span></a> is estimated to be here illegally. That means, even if every last one was <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deported" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deported</span></a>, it would at most be only a 3% or 4% reduction of people in the housing and job markets.</p><p>It would also mean a massive expansion of the ICE budget, as it was streamlined by every other administration going back to Reagan: any significant increase over Obama and Biden's massive <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deportation</span></a> numbers will have an increasing cost.</p><p>Remember that these people also pay <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a>, but do not receive ANY government funding, meaning it would be entirely a loss of government funds with very little saved.</p><p>Important to remember if anyone claims this will help the economy: that is <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a>.</p>