Speaker Johnson: Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan An Excellent ‘Investment’

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said during an interview over the weekend that President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan was an excellent “dollar-for-dollar investment” in America’s security.

Johnson made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News’ “Meet The Press” when asked about reports that the mass deportation plan could cost up to $88 billion per year to deport just a million illegal aliens.

“I cannot think of a better dollar-for-dollar investment than to restore the security and the safety of the country,” Johnson said. “We’ve had a wide-open border for four years, and millions upon millions of illegal persons.”

“We have dangerous illegals in the country, criminals who have already committed crimes here, violent crimes against the American citizens,” he continued. “The best thing we can do is return those people from where they came. And I think the American people understand that.”

“I saw a New York Times poll, I think it was just two days ago, 87% of the American people agree that we should deport dangerous, illegal, criminal aliens,” he added. “And that’s what we’re going to do.”

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President Trump’s mass deportations of criminal illegal aliens begin this week.

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— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) January 19, 2025