REPORT: ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BY FAMILIES HITS ALL-TIME RECORD IN SEPTEMBER

The Daily Caller ^ | October 17, 2018 | Will Racke

[beaversmom]

REPORT: Illegal Immigration By Families Hits All-Time Record In September

3:03 PM 10/17/2018 | Politics

Will Racke | Immigration and Foreign Policy Reporter

Illegal immigration by parents traveling with children reportedly hit an all-time high in September as thousands of families continued to pour across the southwest border, capping a record-setting year for family migration.

A total of 16,658 people traveling in family units were arrested by the Border Patrol at the southwest border in September, according to unpublished Customs and Border Protection (CBP) figures obtained by The Washington Post.

That was the highest single-month total on record and an 80 percent increase over July’s total. The September figures follow a record-setting August, which saw 12,774 people in family units arrested at the border, the highest ever total for that month. (RELATED: Illegal Immigration By Family Units Surges To August Record)

For all of fiscal year 2018, more than 107,000 people in family units members were arrested, shattering the previous high of 77,857 set in 2016.

The summer deluge of family migration has come in the three months since President Donald Trump ended family separations at the southwest border. Over that period, large groups of families, mostly from Central America, have crossed the border or arrived at ports of entry to petition for asylum.

The Trump administration has attributed the surge to loopholes in immigration law that prevent the government from holding adults and their children in detention together while their cases are heard in immigration court. Administration officials say the restrictions encourage parents to bring children across the border because they know they will be released for the duration of their immigration proceedings, which can take years.

A man embraces a child as an U.S. border patrol federal agent reacts during a brief reunification meeting of relatives separated by deportation and immigration called “Hugs, No Walls”, at the border fence between Mexico and U.S in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico October 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

The administration in April tried to create a deterrent to family migration through a “zero tolerance” policy, in which all adults crossing the border with children in tow were prosecuted for unlawful entry. The policy led to the separation of about 2,500 children from their parents, sparking outrage among immigration activists and civil rights groups.

Trump ended the practice in June amid public outcry, while a court order forced the administration to reunify most of the families that had been separated during the zero-tolerance period. Today, most illegal immigrant families caught at the border are released pending a court date unless there are aggravating circumstances such as suspected child abuse or drug smuggling.

Reports of record-setting family migration come as a caravan of about 2,000 migrants is making its way northward from Honduras, with the aim of reaching the U.S. border. It is the second such procession this year, after a similar group marched from Central America all the way to U.S. ports of entry in April.

The prospect of another highly publicized caravan reaching the U.S. border has again drawn Trump’s ire. He threatened Tuesday to cut foreign aid to the governments of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador if they did not act to stop the outflow of migrants.

Meanwhile, White House officials are reportedly considering new border policies to deal with the wave of family migration. Options under consideration include new rules making it harder for asylum-seekers to gain admission at ports of entry and so-called “binary choice” — where parents choose between staying with their kids in long-term detention or allowing them to be assigned to a government-run shelter until a suitable sponsor can take custody.

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[beaversmom]

[BenLurkin]

Tough.

Send them back immediately. No hearings no appeal. Just adios.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The day after the election, separate the damn families and ship any captured kids home. Let the rest of the “family units” (WTH is that, anyway?) rot in jail. Do we have a nation or not?

So, so sick of this. Decades of it.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Don’t blame Trump.

Congress won’t fund the wall.
Courts won’t let him crack down or actually deport anybody.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Fire the head of customs & border patrol. Get somebody in there who will order the Warthogs to patrol the border 24x7.

[beaversmom]

Same. Nothing has gotten better over the years. It’s just been allowed to get worse.

[Williams]

Oy.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

This is an invasion.

[ColdOne]

Dang if we win the mid-terms it will be a miracle. 20k plus votes for them.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Now we have full assaults, brazenly out in the open, of armies of 5,000 illegals hitting the border. The U.S. looks SO weak and ineffectual. If Austria and Eastern European countries can do it, why not us?

[Bishop_Malachi]

Fire the head of customs & border patrol. Get somebody in there who will order the Warthogs to patrol the border 24x7.

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Fire Trump? Because he’s ultimately the head of it all.

[R_Kangel]

... Well we can add another 10,000 to that number in a few weeks just before the election ...

[Original Lurker]

De-whiting American has been in the works for generations.

[ClearBlueSky]

I don't blame Trump. I blame US, the citizens of this country who supply the incentives for the invasion. DON'T hire them, DON'T rent to them, DON'T assist them in any way UNLESS they can prove citizenship.
Ugly problems require ugly soloutions.Pity = permission.

[Eagles6]

PDJT and the Repubs better get a handle on this quick.

[21twelve]

How come none of those folks have any pack packs or anything? I suppose that isn’t a line right at the border, but perhaps going from one building or something to the next - waiting in line for a form or something.

BUT - it it IS as they come across the border - why no packs or belongings? Even the poorest of the poor is going to bring whatever meager belongings they have.

If that is right at the border, it would seem to me that things are highly coordinated on this side. Even if they had relatives in the USA they would bring stuff with them. Perhaps they wouldn’t worry about luggage if they knew they were getting $1,000 each for new clothes, etc. handed out by some anonymous “sponsor”.

[LydiaLong]

Don’t blame Trump.

Congress won’t fund the wall.
Courts won’t let him crack down or actually deport anybody.
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Trump has the authority to send troops to the border to stop the invasion.

[confederatecarpetbag]

This may be our last chance - just like it may the illegals’ last change. From reading this article, it sounds like Trump and ICE are trying to get a handle on it, but are foiled by the court system and a do-nothing GOP House.

If Congress was involved, that wall would have been built months ago.

[beaversmom]

I pulled that pic from a different source as I couldn’t grab the top pic at the link. That may be a pic of illegals that are already here and being “processed”.

[Hoffer Rand]

If anyone believes there are only 11 million illegals in this country, I’ve got a nice bridge to sell them. I think it may be around 40-50 million. I believe this is one of the best kept secrets from the American people, because if the government publicized the true numbers of illegals, there would be an uprising.