House Republicans take first step in mass deportation scheme

[Frank D. Lincoln]

15. Many people said mass deportations would never actually happen because that would be too expensive.

Look at where we are now.

Many people also thought mass deportations would never actually happen because of how dependent we are on undocumented immigrants to provide much needed labor on our farms, in construction, etc.

Look at where we are now.

Furthermore, many people thought mass deportations would never actually happen because the sudden loss of all of those workers would sharply drive up prices, lead to higher inflation, and possibly crash the economy.

Look at where we are now.

The key questions involve scale. Will the Trump administration deport relatively few undocumented immigrants just for show (to appear to be delivering on a campaign promise to Trump's base)? Or will they go huge and mass deport 10+ million undocumented immigrants (with many legal U.S. citizens caught up in that net)?

If it's the latter, then this is really about race. This would be the opening salvo of their war against people of color.