House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected claims that President-elect Donald Trump‘s mass deportation plan could cost trillions of dollars, stating that such efforts represent a “small investment” with no greater return than ensuring the nation’s safety and security.
“The number one job of the federal government is protecting the citizenry,” he said on NBC‘s Meet the Press on Sunday.
“And when you have a wide-open border, you don’t have safety, security, or even sovereignty, for that matter. President Trump is going to follow through on his campaign promises and the promises that we all made on the campaign trail. It costs money to do that. But that is a small investment in terms of what it costs us… The untold humanitarian cost in terms of trafficking and fentanyl deaths, the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18 to 49 for the last few years, we have to get on top of this.
“And so, getting rid …