Posted on 05/09/2016 7:34:45 AM PDT by AuntB
... U.S. Customs and Border Patrol statistics show that apprehensions of unaccompanied minors from Central America have spiked to levels near those in the first six months of fiscal year 2014, when the issue became a political football and a source of hysteria for some Americans.
According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, CBP apprehended 27,754 unaccompanied minors on the U.S.-Mexico border during the fist six months of the 2016 fiscal year, which began this past October 1. That's close to the mark reached for the first six months of fiscal year 2014 (28,579) and 78 percent higher than apprehensions during the first six months of fiscal year 2015.
Totals for this year could exceed 2014's record high of 68,000 unaccompanied minors apprehended..
"I've heard numbers of anywhere from 70,000 to 100,000," Young tells New Times.
According to Pew, there's also a spike in minors traveling with family members, with more than 32,000 family members detained in the first six months of the current fiscal year — compared to the 13,913 family members detained on the southern border during the first half of fiscal year 2015.
As was the case in 2014, most unaccompanied minors and family units are being apprehended in the Rio Grande sector. But there have been significant increases in apprehensions in Arizona's Tucson and Yuma sectors, as well.
(Excerpt) Read more at phoenixnewtimes.com ...
Progressives...yes, Democrats agree with Trump! Hillary ignores much of her own base on immigration
PFIR’s Environmental Impact Statement: Part II
May 2, 2016 | PFIR
“Planting trees is a wonderful activity. But to truly sow the seeds of a sustainable future, leaders need to bring population growth under control by curbing immigration.”
http://www.progressivesforimmigrationreform.org/pfirs-environmental-impact-statement-part-ii/
I truly think people are waking up.
Illegals and supporters waving Mexican flags with signs saying TAKE AMERICA BACK FOR MEXICO are helping a lot with those that have been ignoring the truth.
The illegals and supporters protesting Hillary in CA last week was a great touch, now libs are beginning to want them gone too.
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