WASHINGTON, D.C. — Presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton has a plan to relocate global refugees to the United States, and it does not come cheap. According to an analysis fist obtained by LifeZette, the price tag for Clinton’s proposal is north of $400 billion.
The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, headed by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), cited statistics calculated by economists at the Heritage Foundation who determined that the lifetime cost of the 10,000 refugees pledged by President Obama is $6.5 billion. Using that number as a baseline, Sessions’ committee determined the cost of Hillary’s plan drawn out over a four year term would be roughly $403 billion.
If elected, Clinton would plan to admit 620,000 refugees over the course of her term. This proposal represents an increase of 55,000 refugees a year over President Obama’s initial target for 2017, and Congress might be helpless to stop her.
“Due to statutory flaws in our Refugee Admissions Program, the number could be as high as Hillary Clinton desires,” the analysis states. Without a congressional mechanism to prevent executive action, it could be possible for Clinton to house some refugees in Alabama.
Just this month, the Obama administration attempted such a move with illegal immigrant minors. The Federal Government considered housing illegal immigrant minors in two Alabama military institutions: the Naval OutLying Fields (NOLF) in Silverhill and Orange Beach.
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Due to massive public backlash from elected officials and Alabama residents, the effort was ultimately halted. An amendment brought by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-AL1) also ensured the prohibition of using any money to construct or modify facilities to house unaccompanied alien children (UAC) in Alabama.
This is not the first time that an Alabama military base has been considered as a potential shelter for illegal immigrants. Earlier this year, Maxwell Air force Base in Montgomery was also considered for settlement by HHS, but was ultimately not selected.
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