delta1 wrote:the annual comparisons indicate fewer deportations and apprehensions at the border than occurred in the past...
here's some surprising data: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/22/622246815/unauthorized-immigration-in-three-graphs
you won't hear these numbers from the con fear mongers led by Trump...
speaking of ......hmmm....that number, 100,000 everyday, sounds suspiciously fake...
I looked up some recent numbers at the US Customs and Border Patrol website, from 2017 ...they arrested about 871 people crossing illegally between ports of entry...the other 99,229 musta gotten scared and went away...
our flying female border patrol agents will definitely take care of those invaders at Mex/Gua border if they dare to come here...so rest your frightened and weary soul...
Trump is only using data that supports his position? WTF?
Are apprehensions down because fear of deportation is up and unemployment is down? (Both of which Trump will gladly take credit for.)
I am not going to argue that there's any sort of crisis -- because even if I believed it, the subjective nature of the word begs non-productive argument.
I do think that the 10-20 million illegals in this country is a significant number.
I also think that more physical barrier just might be cost-effective in reducing illegal crossings.
I think that many in the caravans have been duped and lied to....convinced that entry to US will be automatic, or ate least fairly easy and low risk. I think the organizers are more villainous than the trekkers
I think that reviewing the border fencing article I posted a week or two ago was pretty enlightening. Does anyone really believe that more walls would NOT reduce illegal crossings?
Does anyone really believe that a wall is immoral?
Now, I'm not even in favor of a wall, necessarily....at least not without more data, and proper evaluation of possible alternatives. But, I would like to be done with the wall mess as it currently exists: a silly campaign promise that the president is being held to regardless of effectiveness; and the dem absolute refusal to give Trump a win whether its a good idea or not.
Do you, really believe that any increased physical barrier is a bad idea?