Posted on 06/08/2016 3:23:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Families are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in record numbers, surpassing levels seen during the 2014 crisis that caused widespread consternation at the highest levels of government.
New numbers show approximately 32,117 families, mostly from Central America, flooded the Southern border in the first six months of fiscal year 2016, reports the Pew Research Center.
In the same time period of 2015, that number was less than half that, clocking in at 13,913 families. In 2014, agents apprehended 19,830 during that period.
Crisis in Central America
“People who are trying to save their lives come to this country because they can be safe here and they can live a better life – a better future for their family,” claimed Ivania Castillo.....
(Excerpt) Read more at wiat.com ...
All these Mexican kids can be dropped off at the Mexican POE. Dreamer status, done.
Another question might be, “Why are they coming?”
U.S. employers have been sponsoring propaganda in many countries south of our southern border for quite a few years to make it known that there are many jobs open for those who want to work and get high pay. Part of the message is that all of us rich Americans don’t want to work, don’t know how to do anything and are generally useless.
And we compete with each other and libel each other for our masters’ crumbs, with local regulations and NIMBYs against building homes and starting small manufacturing shops even in the most remote and sparsely populated counties in our country.
I know what I’m talking about, because I’ve heard it directly from men from many of those countries while working temporary construction and agricultural jobs.
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