“The explanations suggest the U.S. government’s efforts to discourage illegal crossings may have been unsuccessful”
That’s a bad joke
It sure is!! Remember the flyers, in Spanish, someone dropped, explaining all that awaits them in the land of the free?
I thought about making a similar comment but realized FR wouldn’t miss that obvious absurdity.
The anti-American thug in our White House believes that the three most harmful things he could do to America would be (1) attracting swarms of illegals by offering them unlimited welfare followed by citizenship, (2) arming Iran with nuclear weapons by paying for their weapons program and protecting them against the Israeli Air Force, and (3) leaving our children with a debt so huge that it cannot be paid off ever. What little energy and ability Obama has is being devoted to all three of those efforts.
Obama has been encouraging illegals to come here, and there has been no discouragement at all.