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February marked 12-year-high for illegal immigration
Posted on 3/5/19 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 3/5/19 at 12:55 pm
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Border cops encountered more than 76,000 people they say tried to illegally cross from Mexico into the U.S. in February, making it the highest level of illegal immigration the U.S. has seen in one month since 2007.
The number shot up from 58,000 who were arrested and turned away at ports in January. The monthly rate has slowly crept up from 17,000 during President Trump's third month in office in 2017.
Senior Homeland Security officials said Tuesday they expect the number of migrants illegally entering the U.S. from Mexico to continue spiking due to a continued surge of family and children arriving daily.
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Posted on 3/5/19 at 12:56 pm to Jjdoc
They're trying to get over before that wall goes up.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 12:57 pm to Jjdoc
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February marked 12-year-high for illegal immigration
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Posted on 3/5/19 at 12:59 pm to Jjdoc
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The number shot up from 58,000 who were arrested and turned away at ports
Funny how these numbers reflect ports of entry.
That like saying most of the drugs coming in to the US are confiscated at Ports of entry.
No one has a clue as to the numbers of people crossing at non-ports of entry
Posted on 3/5/19 at 1:01 pm to Ham Solo
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They're trying to get over before that wall goes up.
Most likely coming in because the economy is red hot. Illegal immigration tracks pretty closely to the health of the economy as I recall.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 1:11 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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Illegal immigration tracks pretty closely to the health of the economy as I recall
In general you are correct, but immigration enforcement also has an effect. Border crossing dropped sharply after Trump was elected, presumably based on fears that he was going to crack down hard on immigration. Crossings picked up again last Fall, when Trump started demanding money for the wall -- could be the US economy, could be people trying to get in before the wall, could be just a coincidence that conditions in their home country got unbearable right as we were fighting about the wall.
Posted on 3/5/19 at 1:12 pm to Jjdoc
NO CRISIS! WHAT DON'T YOU GET ABOUT THAT?!
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