Central Americans continue to surge across U.S. border, new DHS figures show

Washington Post ^ | December 30 at 6:05 PM | Abigail Hauslohner

[BenLurkin]

U.S. officials are grappling with a 15 percent surge in illegal immigration, reflecting continued failures by the Obama administration to deter illegal immigration along the country’s southwestern border.

Homeland Security officials apprehended 530,250 illegal immigrants and sent 450,954 people back to their home countries over the 12-month period that ended in September, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Homeland Security.

The majority of those apprehended come from Central American countries and include 137,614 families and unaccompanied children, part of an ongoing flight from high crime and violence in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, which human rights advocates have urged the administration to treat as a refu­gee crisis.

[Fearing Trump’s wall, Central Americans rush to cross the U.S. border]

The number of families and children in the past year also exceeded figures from 2015 and 2014, when illegal immigrants from Central America overwhelmed U.S. Border Patrol stations at the Mexican border and President Obama called the flow of children an “urgent humanitarian situation.”

Administration officials said Friday that the latest “removal” figures reflect a concerted policy shift to target convicted criminals over others.

“We continued to better focus our interior resources on removing individuals who may pose threats to public safety — specifically, convicted criminals and threats to national security,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said in a statement. “This prioritization is reflected in actual results.” More than 99 percent of those forcibly removed from the country over the most recent 12-month period fell into the administration’s three priority categories.

[aposiopetic]

part of an ongoing flight from high crime and violence

Sounds like lots of folks should be leaving Chicago.

[DesertRhino]

Can someone explain to me how a central American Indian has some ancestral right to go reconquista something they and their people never set foot on?

[Lopeover]

BUILD THE WALL! BUILD THE WALL! BUILD THE WALL!

[bigbob]

Well DHS, STOP THEM, dammit!

[notaliberal]

Can someone explain to me how a central American Indian has some ancestral right to go reconquista something they and their people never set foot on?

.....because you Americans are racist and you owe them big time!!!

[LucyT]

U.S. officials are grappling with a 15 percent surge in illegal immigration, reflecting continued failures by the Obama administration to deter illegal immigration along the country’s southwestern border.

Homeland Security officials apprehended 530,250 illegal immigrants and sent 450,954 people back to their home countries over the 12-month period that ended in September, according to figures released Friday by the Department of Homeland Security.

The majority of those apprehended come from Central American countries and include 137,614 families and unaccompanied children, part of an ongoing flight from high crime and violence in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, which human rights advocates have urged the administration to treat as a refu­gee crisis.

[Fearing Trump’s wall, Central Americans rush to cross the U.S. border]

.

[W.]

Start shooting the bastards! They’ll catch on, or they’ll catch hot lead...

[Karliner]

Only those they caught. I wonder how many millions the real illegal count is in America. Thirty million?

[Mr. Mojo]

reflecting continued failures by the Obama administration to deter illegal immigration

No, it's a success in encouragement, not a failure in deterrence, since no attempt at the latter has ever been made.

[Bullish]

Well, I hope they remember their way back so they don’t get lost in Mexico. The free ride is coming to an end for them here. The Main issue that got Trump the nomination and election was his promise to end the illegal invasion. That promise he’d be very wise to keep.

Build a great beautiful wall, E-verify and deport deport deport. Keep it up until there’s nothing left for them to want to be here for. Then they can scram it back home.

Oh and let’s send McLame and his boyfriend Linda with them too.

[DesertRhino]

“.....because you Americans are racist and you owe them big time!!!”

Thank you for correcting me comrade. I will check myself in to the nearest re-education camp.

[GnuThere]

Yes, to all of the above!

[Mr Apple]

Let's play........Hide the Muslim with Matt Authier (who's on the take! @ 15:46)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59J0i3LNoY8

[Davy Crocket]

BUILD THE WALL! BUILD THE WALL! BUILD THE WALL!

Higher, Higher!!

[SteveinSATX]

the Wapo wouldn’t be reporting this unless they’re in CYA mode...something is up.

[Monterrosa-24]

We supported a “Peace Process” in El Salvador back when nobody had ever heard of the MS-13 circa 1989-1993. In the process we demanded that El Salvador get rid of its best security forces so the National Police, the Guardia Nacional, and the Policia de Hacienda were all abolished. And the new “civilian police” were told to accept former guerrillas into their ranks. So the peace dividend was largely erased by rising common crime and gangs. The great Guardia guys who defeated the communists were told to go to Hell.

[knarf]

The obama administration deters nothing.

The Border Patrol is duty bound to disallow citizens having 24/7 target practice.

And too many citizens are frightened of legal repercussion for enjoying a day of plinking.

America has been successfully terrorized into inactivity of the highest order ... that of protecting our very lives via protecting our homeland.

24 hours of open season would shut the border down without a wall

Bring in returning vets !

[Jack Hammer]

The idiot obama’s true legacy - along with gender frauds in the ladies’ restrooms.

[Lumper20]

Most US cities of 500K or more have at least one area and most likely two-three areas in that city that are noticeably Hispanic. Take Nashville for example. The southern area around Harding Road ,especially around Nolensville Rd. has signs on stores in Spanish. I do not recognize that area nor do I want to be there. Then Antioch just south of the airport and Madison(north of Nashville) is packed. I do not want my wife near these areas.