Commentary by Sharon Lintner

Taxpayers footed the bill for ICE to entrap Lancaster, Pennsylvania resident Ester Soliman. Mrs. Soliman made an appointment through the program "Alternatives to Detention." Instead of getting assistance when she arrived for the appointment, Immigration and Customs Enforcement was lying in wait to take her into custody. Taxpayers have a right to know the total cost to deport ONE non-violent woman. A woman who was cooking in a church kitchen. A woman who this administration feared so much that they had to execute an ambush to take her into custody. 

Internet sites state that taking just ONE person into custody can cost a "significant"amount. "Significant" is subjective and tells us nothing. As a taxpayer, I want to see dollars and cents on paper, actual numbers. I want to see the amount of my money this country is using to deport people like Ester.

Lintner is a contributing pundit for The Hustings.

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