Posted on 09/13/2017 4:10:12 PM PDT 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 Trumps 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Hopefully, Trump will rub the Congress’ noses in it VERY LOUDLY.
Wall.
If true, this is in response to the bullcrap that Congress is playing at in aggressively undermining everything Trump is trying to accomplish, particularly in securing our borders.
It wouldn’t hurt my feelings a bit for every fed employee, hired or elected, that’s playing at undermining our national sovereignty to be addressed as the enemy to this country that they so obviously are.
I’ll take it a step further and say this is due in part to Trump calling for congress to legalize DACA.
The mexicans are taking a chance on amnesty passing.
Good freakin grief this headline is misleading.
See if those light blue and brown lines (2017 vs 2016) aren't dissimilar.
We are a lot better off right now, and there's a wall coming.
The RINO message is being heard far and near.
And if enforcement is better as I expect it is, then using this yardstick as a comparison to the Obama years is invalid.
Yup and we have to put pressure on Ryan et al...Earlier today I heard that at a private dinner he stated the wall will not be funded...What an arrogant turd!
Need to put pressure on our Congresscritters to fund it.
The fact that the illegal border crossings are ticking up is not good—once in, the demrats will stop at nothing to keep illegals here and now are pushing to allow them to vote :(
True, because what it would mean is that had both administration been lax, Trumps numbers would have been even lower.
That would reflect even better for him/us.
The cheap labor express will be booming in Texas (Harvey) and Florida (Irma) in short order.
“Illegal immigration across the southwest border has doubled in the last four months...”
The RINO message is being heard far and near.
I wondered about that...
There is no question about it. It is the loyal Americans and Trump against the Marxists, Globalists RINO’s and pretty much everything and everyone east of the Potomac and west of the California line.
I thought illegal immigration was down.
Yes, it is down...However, although still down from last year by 40%; earlier this year, it was down by 70=80%, so it has been increasing since April (there is a chart in the article and someone posted it on the thread).
The amount has gone from 15,771 in April to 30,567`in August.
Ah.
I imagine so.
It’s plain to see our government isn’t serious.
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