Illegal immigration in Southwest doubled over past four months
Washington Times ^ | 9/11/2017 | Stephen Dinan
Posted on 9/13/2017, 4:10:12 PM by Freedom56v2
llegal immigration across the southwest border has doubled in the last four months, according to new government data that suggests the early gains of President Trump’s tenure are wearing off.
More than 30,000 illegal immigrants were nabbed in August, up 22 percent compared to July and up nearly 100 percent compared to April, when fewer than 16,000 illegal immigrants were arrested by the Border Patrol or stopped at ports of entry by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers.
The numbers are still lower than they were a year before under Mr. Obama, but the gains Mr. Trump made in his first months in office are dissipating.
Officials say the number of people caught is a rough yardstick for the total flow, so more apprehensions means more people are trying — and succeeding — in getting through.
The spikes were apparent across a number of demographic sectors. Cubans, Haitians, illegal immigrant children traveling alone and families traveling together all posted increases.
Likewise every sector along the U.S.-Mexico border saw increases in the number of illegal immigrants nabbed by agents.
Stating misleading facts over and over won’t change the truth.
The numbers of intercepted illegal aliens were down 20,000 in August 2017 vs August 2016.
That’s a 240,000 per year rate.
Are you glad we will have fewer people here, or are you still just trilled to downplay the progress we are seeing.