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FiveThirtyEight did a good job gathering a lot of immigration data mentioned by Trump and then explaining it. Read it [http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/everything-donald-trumps-immigration-plan-gets-wrong/ here]. *Deport nearly 12 million illegal immigrants. (DTS) [http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-policy-plans-raise-concerns-critics-argue-1442791682]*Illegal Immigrants lead to higher crime in the country. (DTI) (ABC News - Jan 17) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tBUkclyXj8]*" You look at your gov -- you look at Baltimore, you look at Ferguson, you look at lot of these places, a lot of these gangs -- and the most vicious -- are illegals. They're out of here. First day, I will send them people -- we. Those guys are out of here." (DTS) *"Well, it's costing us $130 billion a year and that's peanuts compared to what the real cost is, George, for the way we have it now." (DTI) [http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-donald-trump/story?id=33203713] ===US-Mexico=== [https{{://www.donaldjtrump.com/positions/immigration-reform] *Mexico must pay for a wall along US-Mexico border[https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-on-the-us-mexico-border-building-a-wall-is-easy/2015/07/16/9a619668-2b0c-11e5-bd33-395c05608059_story.html]. Until they do, United States will enact the following policy measures (DTW):**Impound all remittance payments derived from illegal wages (DTW)**Increase fees on all temporary visas issued to Mexican CEOs and diplomats (and if necessary cancel them) (DTW)**Increase fees on all border crossing cards – of which we issue about 1 million to Mexican nationals each year (a major source of visa overstays) (DTW)**Increase fees on all NAFTA worker visas from Mexico (another major source of overstays) (DTW)**Increase fees at ports of entry to the United States from Mexico (Tariffs and foreign aid cuts are also options) (DTW)*Wall estimated to cost ~$20 billion [http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/donald-trump-immigration-policy-breakdown-2016/] *Triple the number of ICE officers (DTW)*Nationwide e-verify (DTW)*Mandatory return of all criminal aliens (DTW)*Defund sanctuary cities (cities not following federal law on immigration) (DTW)*End birthright citizenship (DTW) *Increase wage for H-1B Visas (DTW)**Donald Trump argues low wages of immigrants for STEM-related careers displace domestic workers and minority workers in STEM fields. (DTW)**Require American companies to hire domestic workers first [yes, but how?] (DTW)***Trump proposes a waiting period of no new green cards being issued to foreign workers so that American corporations will hire domestic labor. (DTW)*Reduce funding to refugee programs. (DTW)**Spend that money on at-risk inner-city youth instead. (DTWImmigration)}}
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==Immigration==
==Environmental==
