FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — President-elect Donald Trump’s cornerstone campaign promise was an immigration crackdown, starting with mass deportations on day one of his administration. At this point, he has yet to release any details or cost estimates. Right now, the American Immigration Council is estimating one-time mass deportation to cost at least $315 billion. With so much uncertainty, it’s a worrisome waiting game for about 11 million undocumented migrants and their families living in the US.
“It’s heartbreaking because we have to look at the human impact of what’s happening,” says Matias Bernal, Executive Director of the Education Leadership Foundation.
Matias Bernal is a DACA recipient and the executive director of the Fresno-based Education Leadership Foundation. He says the non-profit is seeing a major surge of people seeking its immigration services.
“Normally, we see 20 to 30 folks coming in, post-election that very next Wednesday we saw about 75 folks coming in,” says Bernal.
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