Surge in Children, Families at the U.S. Border May Be the 'New Normal' [106% Increase!]

NBCNews ^ | December 19, 2015 | MARK POTTER and ELIZABETH CHUCK

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Surge in Children, Families at the U.S. Border May Be the 'New Normal' by MARK POTTER and ELIZABETH CHUCK A dramatic spike in unaccompanied children and families trying to slip in across the U.S.-Mexico border may be "the new normal," officials say, with some believing the surge is linked to a federal ruling that ended long-term detentions.

The number of apprehensions of unaccompanied minors and family units — legal guardians with children under 18 — rushing the nation's southwestern border peaked last year, then fell off as Obama tapped the Federal Emergency Management Agency to figure out what to do about the young refugees.

But in recent months, apprehensions have proliferated again: More than 10,000 undocumented children have been stopped in just the last two months, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

See more on children and families at the U.S. border on NBC Nightly News tonight

The 10,588 apprehensions are a 106 percent increase over the same Oct. 1 through Nov. 30 period from last year, when 5,129 kids were picked up.

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You and me are paying for all these folks, compadres.

Hopefully President Trump will round them all up and throw all their asses back over the border.

[CPT Clay]

Insidious