Posted on 10/17/2016 11:16:02 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
The southwest border has cracked open over the last year as illegal immigrants into the U.S. spiked some 23 percent, according to the latest Homeland Security numbers released Monday.
Nearly 409,000 illegal immigrants were nabbed at the border in fiscal 2016 — up from about 331,000 a year earlier — and Homeland Security officials say the increased arrests also means an increase in the number that are sneaking by them.
Worse yet, the number of illegal immigrants traveling as families, fleeing rough conditions in Central America and enticed by the promise of lax enforcement in the U.S., reached a record high of 77,674. Unaccompanied minors — those children traveling without their parents — also rose to nearly 60,000, though that was still shy of the record set in 2014.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
He’s made significant progress in 2015, as the number of unaccompanied minors, families and overall illegal immigration across the southwest border dropped significantly. Total apprehensions fell to their lowest point since the 1970s.
But things turned around for the worse over the last year, and analysts are struggling for reasons.
D'Oh !!
What? I’m supposed to be surprised?
More voters for Shillery !
A lot of them have returned to south of the border since Trump came on the scene. I’m not buying this.
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