Is this because of Global Warming? Or is it because of Sequestration?
Lack of strict gun laws.
No and no. You forgot the obvious. They want a path to citizenship.
The answer to pestilence: 2 Chronicles 7:14
If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.