US President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy thousands of US active duty soldiers and National Guard forces to repel a migrant caravan could cost taxpayers between $200 million and $300 million, an independent analysis and official figures show.
Trump announced recently that he was sending up to 5,200 troops along with machinery and equipment to the southern borders in order to repel a migrant caravan that was headed towards American soil.
The Pentagon has yet to provide any figures on the costs but the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) estimates that it could range from $42 million to $110 million.
That would be in addition to $182 million that the Pentagon spent to deploy National Guard troops to the border in May.
CSBA said maintenance costs for every troop could range from $112 at the very least to $143 per day. According to the report, it would cost taxpayers about $136,645 a day to fly the military aircraft that…