$17,000 to Deport One Illegal Alien? The Government Could Burn Money Better Than This

$17,000 to Deport One Illegal Alien? The Government Could Burn Money Better Than This

Let’s say you wanted to send someone on a one-way trip from the U.S. to South America. You hop on Expedia, maybe Spirit Airlines if you're feeling bold. $250 max. Round trip? Maybe $400 if you splurge and get a seat that reclines.

But the U.S. government? Nah. They’re spending $17,000 to deport just one illegal immigrant.

Seventeen. Thousand. Dollars.

To put that in perspective, that’s the price of a used car, a year at community college, or two months of your rent if you live in a Democrat-run city. Yet somehow it’s the “standard cost” of putting someone on a plane back to where they came from?

Why? Because bureaucracy loves to bloat everything it touches. You think they’re just paying for a flight? Think again. They’re covering an entire traveling circus: agents, translators, hotel stays, legal advisors, taxpayer-funded meals, and probably someone’s emotional support peacock.

And we let this happen like it’s normal.

Meanwhile, the same government will tell you there’s “no money” to secure the border, fix the VA, or reduce your taxes. But when it comes to deportation, they’re making it look like a luxury cruise instead of a process. Deportation shouldn’t cost more than your kid’s braces. Yet here we are.

It’s not about justice—it’s about inefficiency. The system is rigged to waste. The longer the process, the more jobs they create, the more contracts they sign, and the more excuses they can feed you come election season.

Want proof? Do the math:

• $17,000 per deportation

• 100,000 deportations per year (conservative estimate)

• That’s $1.7 BILLION spent annually

Now compare that to the fact that an actual flight would cost less than $300 million total. We could throw in snacks, headphones, maybe even parachutes for the drama—and STILL save over a billion bucks.

This isn’t about safety, morality, or fairness. It’s about spending your hard-earned money like it’s Monopoly cash. If any business operated like this, they’d be bankrupt and investigated. But when it’s the government? They ask for a budget increase.

The sad part? No one’s held accountable. No one gets fired. No one questions it—except people like us.

So while you’re stretching your paycheck, skipping Starbucks, and juggling your rent, remember: somewhere in D.C., someone just spent $17K to deport a guy who probably had a buddy waiting to smuggle him back next week.

That’s what they think of your money.

Stay logical. Stay loud. And never let the government gaslight you into thinking stupidity is normal.

– The Logical Male