Posted on 12/04/2018 2:25:48 PM PST by BeauBo
EL PASO, Texas (CBS4) — Hundreds of migrants turned themselves into Border Patrol agents Monday morning in the Lower Valley near the Ysleta port of entry. Border Patrol officials said this incident is becoming a pattern as apprehensions for the Border Patrol sector continue to rise... “The last number that we had was upwards of 400 individuals that crossed in the midway area and the Ysleta port of entry,” Romero said. The Border Patrol also said it’s unusual for large groups like this to present themselves in urban environments instead of more rural communities.
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It could be elements of the caravans spreading out to other areas of the border - maybe the City of Tijuana, the Mexican Federal Government, or caravan operators got them some bus tickets from Tijuana. Numbers have reportedly dropped quite a bit for the caravan in Tijuana over the weekend (by thousands), as they moved their camp. It is a lot more likely that they would go to El Paso to cross over, than they would be to go back home.
If we just build a little new border barrier, it will make little difference to the big picture, as flows can easily shift.
We need a few hundred miles to button up all the urban areas along the border, and a hundred miles in the Rio Grande Valley, to really change the nature of the situation.
These are ILLEGAL ALIENS not MIGRANTS.
Once they get in, they’re in.
Under President Trump, 20 miles of strong bollards were installed running West from El Paso, and four miles are currently being built downtown in the Chihuahuita neighborhood, East to Fonseca Drive.
This surge of illegals (now apparently organized into larger, suspiciously busload sized groups) is crossing over just to East of that segment.
We clearly need new barrier there, and probably running 20-30 miles East as well.
“Once they get in, they’re in.”
Jeff Sessions was making steady progress in deliberately changing policies and legal precedents to address that, but legislation is needed as well.
Senator Rubio makes the point that in some ways, building half the wall is like building none - they can just go around, and still get in.
I think there is a knee in the performance curve though, once the cities and Rio Grande Valley are effectively walled off. Ultimately though, we need around 1,000 miles of strong barrier, and billions in new technology, to gain real operational control of the border. Five years, if given unconstrained funding.
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