jimnyc
03-05-2019, 03:01 PM
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Hey, Remember When Democrats Said There Was No Border Crisis...These New Illegal Alien Numbers Prove Otherwise
Surprise! Illegal Border Crossings Are Expected to Surge...Again
Border Patrol agents along the United States-Mexico border in Texas had a busy February, in large part because of the cold temperatures. In fact, February was the coldest and busiest month for Border Patrol agents stationed along the southern border, the Laredo Morning Times reported. In February alone, Border Patrol agents detained 70,000 illegal aliens, compared to 58,000 over January.
Officials anticipate the surge to continue through March and April. Both are times Border Patrol tends to see an influx in illegal crossings, primarily because of the cooler temperatures and the increased need for seasonal labor in the United States.
The Times details the struggle agents are currently facing:
The number of migrants taken into custody last year jumped 39 percent from February to March, and a similar increase this month would push levels to 100,000 detentions or more.
It was a surge in the border numbers in March 2018 that infuriated Trump and launched his administration's attempt to deter families by separating children from their parents. Trump stopped the separations six weeks later to quell public outrage. But the controversy the policy generated - and its widely publicized reversal - is now viewed by U.S. agents as the moment that opened the floodgates of family migration even wider, worsening the problem it was meant to fix.
While arrests along the border fell in recent years to their lowest levels in half a century, they are now returning to levels not seen since the George W. Bush administration, driven by the record surge in the arrival of Central American families.
For U.S. border agents, the strain has grown more acute, as they struggle to care for children using an enforcement infrastructure made in an era when the vast majority of migrants were Mexican adults who could be quickly booked and deported. The Central American families - called "give-ups" because they surrender instead of trying to sneak in - have left frustrated U.S. agents viewing their own role as little more than the facilitators for the last stage of the migrants' journey. They are rescuing families with small children from river currents, irrigation canals, medical emergencies and freezing winter temperatures.
Rest - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/03/05/surprise-illegal-border-crossings-are-expected-to-surgeagain-n2542594
Hey, Remember When Democrats Said There Was No Border Crisis...These New Illegal Alien Numbers Prove Otherwise
Surprise! Illegal Border Crossings Are Expected to Surge...Again
Border Patrol agents along the United States-Mexico border in Texas had a busy February, in large part because of the cold temperatures. In fact, February was the coldest and busiest month for Border Patrol agents stationed along the southern border, the Laredo Morning Times reported. In February alone, Border Patrol agents detained 70,000 illegal aliens, compared to 58,000 over January.
Officials anticipate the surge to continue through March and April. Both are times Border Patrol tends to see an influx in illegal crossings, primarily because of the cooler temperatures and the increased need for seasonal labor in the United States.
The Times details the struggle agents are currently facing:
The number of migrants taken into custody last year jumped 39 percent from February to March, and a similar increase this month would push levels to 100,000 detentions or more.
It was a surge in the border numbers in March 2018 that infuriated Trump and launched his administration's attempt to deter families by separating children from their parents. Trump stopped the separations six weeks later to quell public outrage. But the controversy the policy generated - and its widely publicized reversal - is now viewed by U.S. agents as the moment that opened the floodgates of family migration even wider, worsening the problem it was meant to fix.
While arrests along the border fell in recent years to their lowest levels in half a century, they are now returning to levels not seen since the George W. Bush administration, driven by the record surge in the arrival of Central American families.
For U.S. border agents, the strain has grown more acute, as they struggle to care for children using an enforcement infrastructure made in an era when the vast majority of migrants were Mexican adults who could be quickly booked and deported. The Central American families - called "give-ups" because they surrender instead of trying to sneak in - have left frustrated U.S. agents viewing their own role as little more than the facilitators for the last stage of the migrants' journey. They are rescuing families with small children from river currents, irrigation canals, medical emergencies and freezing winter temperatures.
Rest - https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/03/05/surprise-illegal-border-crossings-are-expected-to-surgeagain-n2542594