Posted on 06/23/2015 3:38:38 PM PDT by Sean_Anthony
As Venezuela's economy continues to collapse, the U.S. can expect the number of fraudulent asylum seekers to increase
A report from El Universal documents skyrocketing asylum applications from Venezuelans seeking to enter the United States in recent years.
According to American immigration authorities, the number of applications from this South American country tripled between 2013 and 2014. The U.S. government is becoming increasingly concerned about immigration fraud from this region, likely linked—at least in part—to Venezuela’s economic decline.
In 2013, Venezuela’s economy grew by only 1.3 percent. In 2014 it contracted by four percent, and it is forecast by the International Monetary Fund to contract a further seven percent in 2015. While the rate of contraction is predicted to lessen in coming years, the IMF does not foresee the country’s economy expanding until after 2020 at the earliest.
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The US govt is all about fraud.
“Venezuelans seeking to enter the United States in recent years.”
What for? We got a socialist president here too.
Oil goes up, oil goes down. They need high tech.
Venezuela has the most Miss Universes to their credit, I believe.
So much beauty, so much crazy.
Why God, Why?
Actually I know some ladies from Venezuela who escaped that country. They are very anti Obama and very pro republican. So there is that silver lining.
Venezuelans have been defecting to Colombia. Mostly the upper middle classes. Cuban medicos have defected to Colombia in huge numbers.
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