Just based on his tweets, President Trump has apparently turned back 40% of illegal immigrant crossers into the U.S., according to Department of Homeland Security data. The first thought that comes to mind is how many billions in taxpayer money the president saved us by discouraging that illegal immigration.  Illegal immigrants cost Americans $54.5 billion a year in education, medical, welfare, city service, and prison costs, to name but a few things, far outstripping their supposed contributions as low-skilled labor to the economy, according to a Heritage Foundation study.  That Trump could merely tweet them out of coming testifies to how believable he is worldwide. But the bigger favor is the one he's done for Central America, particularly the "northern triangle" states of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.  Those nations, plus Mexico, in varying degrees, are in a demographic death spiral, losing too many people in prime...(Read Full Post)