re: Sheriff's Associations storm Capital Hill demanding border security

Here are some simple numbers for you

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Illegal border crossings have been declining for nearly two decades. In 2017, border-crossing apprehensions were at their lowest point since 1971.

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Undetected illegal border crossings have dropped at an even faster rate, from 851,000 in 2006 to approximately 62,000 in 2016, according to estimates by the Department of Homeland Security.

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There are more than two dozen ports of entry along the southern border. Barriers are already present in Border Patrol sectors with the highest volumes of heroin seizures.

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LINK

I am sure you will just attack the source rather than the information inside it. Imo focusing on the actual real problems and how to best address them seems like the best thing to me, but screaming crisis over and over is easier I guess

I can do this too

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Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday cited a large spike in border crossing numbers in March -- 200% over last year, including an 800% increase in unaccompanied children -- to justify the Trump administration's border security requests. Nielsen told the House Appropriations Committee that there has been an uptick in March of the number of people apprehended trying to cross the border illegally or stopped trying to enter the country through a legal port of entry. Calling it a "dangerous story," she cited a 200% increase over the previous year, including an 800% increase in the number of unaccompanied children and 680% in families. She also noted a 37% increase in drug seizures.

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I have already acknowledged the increase in families and asylum seekers. The majority of which are coming to legal ports of entry as well. That is one issue/area that should be focused on to figure out what resources will best assist the BP and other agencies in dealing with them

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The majority of which are coming to legal ports of entry as well. That is one issue/area that should be focused on to figure out what resources will best assist the BP and other agencies in dealing with them

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When that's accomplished I wonder where they will gain access?

FY2019 illegal crossings from DHS

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In FY18, a total of 396,579 individuals were apprehended between ports of entry on our Southwest Border.

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So what determines a crisis? If 400K people being caught in a years time is not I would like to know what is the number that democrats and RINO's couldn't live with in DC?

Good start. OathKeepers sympathies, most likely. I.e., Patriots, who love their Freedom.

It's amazing how those dumbasses think they get to control the narrative on EVERYTHING.


Something isn't an issue unless I say it is.

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using this crisis

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You've just spent three pages telling us there is no crisis. Make up your fricking mind.

Migrant workers have been going and coming in this country for decades. Their impact or detriment is always exaggerated depending on who you are listening to. I do not think the migrant workers are a crisis for this country and I think the negative impact to immediately removing them all at once would be worse than most here think. IF we did have people literally streaming across the border and they were raping and killing everyone and setting cities on fire that would certainly be a crisis or emergency. What we have is an issue we have been dealing with for decades and by all accounts has improved exponentially over the last few decades. I would argue that as our border got more secure after 9/11 that resulted in more people being "stuck" in the US and increase in daca/dreamers

his words, context clues bud. Guess I should have used ""