Thread: Illegal immigration up 200 percent in March, after Senate legalization debate

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Illegal immigration across the southwest border surged 200 percent in March compared to the same month last year, according to Homeland Security statistics released late Wednesday that back up White House’s claims that things are quickly deteriorating on the border.

The year-over-year surge is by far the largest in the records, which date back to 2011, and it could be a signal that the Senate’s debate on legalizing illegal immigrants earlier this year has sparked a new wave of migration.

The Border Patrol and officers at the ports of entry nabbed 50,308 people in March — up from less than 37,000 in February, and three times the 16,588 people apprehended in March 2017, when President Trump’s tough enforcement talk had sparked a major drop in illegal immigration attempts.

That drop only lasted a few months and since last summer the numbers have been steadily increasing again, reaching back to levels not seen since the middle of the illegal immigration surge during the Obama administration.

The numbers were released just as Mr. Trump was signing an order deploying National Guard troops to the southwest border to assist in enforcement. The government couldn’t yet say how many troops were being sent, what their duties would be, nor how much it would cost — though Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said they could be deployed as early as Wednesday night.

According to the new numbers, the Border Patrol caught 37,393 illegal immigrants in March. Customs and Border Protection Officers, who man the ports of entry, encountered another 12,915 people who showed up without permission to enter.

Illegal immigration up 200 percent in March along U.S.-Mexico border

Yep, nip it in the bud now. Troops to the border WITH their weapons and everything needed to be prepared to fight a border war.

Originally Posted by Judy

Yep, nip it in the bud now. Troops to the border WITH their weapons and everything needed to be prepared to fight a border war.

The National Guard is not being sent to the border to fight a war and won't be prepared to do such. They are being sent to function in support rolls in order to free up border patrol (think surveillance, installing lighting, radio dispatchers, vehicle repairs, etc.). The NG will have absolutely no authority to make apprehensions or arrests, nor will the be authorized to confront smugglers, drug traffickers or illegal aliens.

Trump's decision to send the NG is a good first move, but it will be lacking in real teeth since the NG will not be given any law enforcement authority.

LOL!! That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Border security is national defense not domestic "law enforcement".

Originally Posted by Judy

LOL!! That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Border security is national defense not domestic "law enforcement".

You believe what you want, but we'll soon find out who is right.

HAND ALL MINOR'S OVER INTO THE CARE AND CUSTODY OF THEIR PRESIDENT WITHIN 24 HOURS !!!

THEY WILL GET SICK OF US DEPORTING THOUSANDS OF THEIR CHILDREN ON A MONTHLY BASIS!


WE ARE NOT THE DAYCARE CENTER FOR THE WORLD. THEY ARE NOT OUR CHILDREN, THEY ARE NOT OUR RESONSIBILITY!

DO NOT RELEASE THEM TO THEIR ILLEGAL ALIEN PARENTS ON OUR SOIL.

LET THEIR COUNTRY FIND THEIR RELATIVES AND RELEASE THEM IN THEIR COUNTRY!

GET THIS POLICY PASSED NOW!