A Texas congressman says that ending a deportation shield that mostly benefits residents from Central America would cost the United States about $164 billion in economic firepower over 10 years.
Rep. Joaquin Castro, a San Antonio Democrat, tweeted about the Trump administration possibly terminating what’s called the Temporary Protected Status designation for individual countries.
Ending #TPS and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade. We must #SaveTPS.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) November 1, 2017
Is that a fact? Gardner Selby of the Politifact Texas fact-checking team has the answer.
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Written by Jen Rice.
