[CedarDave]

Overall illegal immigration has plummeted over the past 15 years, if apprehensions are an indicator, dropping to about 331,000 apprehensions last fiscal year from more than 1.6 million in 2000.

The other reason may be that border apprehensions have declined due to deliberate reductions in enforcement efforts on orders from the Obama administration.

[CedarDave]

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[WKUHilltopper]

Jokes on them! ObaMao intends to have a nuclear war with Russia. They’ll enjoy that. Welcome to New Mexico, Senor Melted Blob.

[Tammy8]

Yes it is surging, that I can verify with my own eyes. Funny thing is the article assumes they are all looking for work...they never ask for jobs like they did years ago...

Smugglers have been rather busy here too. It has been pretty busy on the border.

The border is all but open, has been more and more so the longer this Administration is there.

[MUDDOG]

Gadsden didn’t purchase it for this.

[fishtank]

“Overall illegal immigration has plummeted over the past 15 years, if apprehensions are an indicator, dropping to about 331,000 apprehensions last fiscal year from more than 1.6 million in 2000.”

This is an “interesting” statistic, as in:

LIES,

DAMN LIES

and STATISTICS.

[Carthego delenda est]

“The other reason may be that border apprehensions have declined due to deliberate reductions in enforcement efforts on orders from the Obama administration.”

Exactly. As well as there’s no reason the border patrol will even waste the time and resources going after the illegals since they will just have to let them go.

[ridesthemiles]

I have a girlfriend who lives in Albuquerque-—has for over 40 years.

She no longer goes out at night—is VERY careful when she does go out in the daytime. She says the crime has ballooned in the past 8 years under Obama & she no longer feels safe in her own home.