re: Admit I haven't followed closely the border stuff

This "crisis" was created by the administration. They put out ads for bids in JANUARY for contractors to transport illegals... months before they started showing up.

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Likewise, I have not followed this story very closely, but honestly, what has caused the surge in immigrants? Something doesn't add up.

Who is making money here?

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The democrats passed a bill that gives them citizenship if they get a college degree. The Obama Administration has made sure that the border patrol aren't allowed to stop anyone. They also stopped deporting minors. That motivated minors to come in droves to try to become citizens. The bigger questions are these:
1. Most of these minors are from central America, not Mexico. How are they traveling the 1500 miles + across Mexico?
2. It costs upwards of $12,000 per person for the Coyotes to smuggle you across the desert into the U.S. If these people are supposed to be dirt poor, who's paying the coyotes?

I can't help but wonder if it's our government.