Not ALL Illegal Immigrants are From Mexico and Points South

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Quote:US detaining hundreds of African migrants at border after 'dramatic rise' in arrivals

Border agents warn of 'humanitarian crisis'

Chris Baynes
Friday 7 June 2019 10:33

Hundreds of African migrants have been arrested in Texas after a “dramatic rise” in arrivals at the southern US border, according to patrol agents.

More from 500 people from African countries were detained near the frontier city of Del Rio in the past week, said US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which warned of a “humanitarian crisis”.

Most were families from the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola.

“The introduction of this new population places additional burdens on processing stations, to include language and cultural differences, said Del Rio sector chief patrol agent Raul Ortiz.

The recent arrivals included a group of 116 migrants detained after arriving at the southern US border late on 30 May.


“This large group from Africa further demonstrates the complexity and severity of the border security and humanitarian crisis at our southwest border,” Mr Ortiz added.
Migrants clash with authorities as they seek to cross the US border


At least 300 African migrants have also travelled on to San Antonio, Texas, about 150 miles from Del Rio, with hundreds more expected in the next few days.

San Antonio’s city government has opened two support centres for those travelling and is working with local charities to provide food and emergency shelter.

The city is “in desperate need” of French-speaking volunteers, according to Jaleesa Irizarry, a reporter for local TV news station KENS 5.


Speakers of Portuguese and Lingala, a Bantu language used across much of the Congo, are also needed to provide translation services.

It is not clear exactly what routes the African migrants are taking the reach the US.

But some have told NPR they flew from Nairobi, Kenya, to Brazil before heading north through Colombia and Central America on a journey that took several months.

More than 4.5 million people have been displaced by multiple conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the United Nations Refugee Agency says there is "one of the most complex and challenging humanitarian situations worldwide".
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Refugees face months-long waits for asylum applications to be processed at the US border, with illegal crossings increasing after Donald Trump threatened the close the border with Mexico.

So far this year more than 33,000 people have been arrested in the Del Rio area after entering the country, more than double the figure for the whole of the last financial year.



About a fifth were migrants from Mexico, with the remaining 80 per cent originating from 38 other countries.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world...a-a8948241.html

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hm
 
Originally Posted By: tnshootistThe US gov wouldn't be paying for this with borrowed money would it?

And.....the monetary cost of catching, care and feeding of these hoards is a drop in the bucket of what a wall would cost!
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Would a wall stop all smuggling (human and drugs)? NO, but it would sure take a load off our USBP officers, whose morale is suffering due to the severe overload these masses are placing on them. Agents are being pulled from interdiction duties on the border to process and care for the thousands of interlopers (a very small, single digit percentage meet the asylum criteria) and thousands of those being released on the promise they will return for their immigration hearing will disappear into the sunset, never to be heard from again.

In spite of the Democrats, president Trump has gotten Mexico's attention and they are starting to interdict immigration at their 200 mile southern border. This should give us some relief by next month.

Oh, and what do the Democrats have to offer?

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hm
 
Mexico has not been the problem in decades. Not only that, but a large percentage of the illegals in this country are people who came here legally through a port of entry and usually by plane or ship and then overstayed their visa. That 5 million plus illegals did not cross the southern border, but failed to leave when their visa expired. These people come from all over the world.
 
Maybe they do come other ways and overstay. I am sure that happens.

However there is no denying what is happening at the border.
There are reasons this is happening now and they have nothing to do with the best interest of the immigrants or of the U.S.

This country is under attack on many fronts.
 
Originally Posted By: dogcatcherMexico has not been the problem in decades. Not only that, but a large percentage of the illegals in this country are people who came here legally through a port of entry and usually by plane or ship and then overstayed their visa. That 5 million plus illegals did not cross the southern border, but failed to leave when their visa expired. These people come from all over the world.

I agree that not all 5,000,000 plus illegals crossed the border between ports of entry, but many of them did and you are also correct that they come from all over the world. Problem is for many years Mexico has been complicit by allowing (if not encouraging) immigrants to pass freely though Mexico. When they declared their intent to enter the US, they were given a free pass to travel through Mexico.

Only when threatened with tariffs by president Trump did Mexico finally agree to do something to slow the flood.

134,000/month swimming the Rio Grande and entering Texas illegally certainly are the problem now, and they are currently coming through(if not from) Mexico and were doing so with Mexico's blessings (if not their assistance).....someone sure is helping them with many showing up on the south bank of the Rio in buses.

The first step necessary to solving the illegal alien problem is to stop this flow and those involved in that endeavor along the border all agree a wall is needed. Like they say, "when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging! It's not rocket science. Once the influx is stopped, then we can proceed to resolve the problem of those already here illegally.

Regards,
hm
 
Originally Posted By: hm1996Originally Posted By: dogcatcherMexico has not been the problem in decades. Not only that, but a large percentage of the illegals in this country are people who came here legally through a port of entry and usually by plane or ship and then overstayed their visa. That 5 million plus illegals did not cross the southern border, but failed to leave when their visa expired. These people come from all over the world.

I agree that not all 5,000,000 plus illegals crossed the border between ports of entry, but many of them did and you are also correct that they come from all over the world. Problem is for many years Mexico has been complicit by allowing (if not encouraging) immigrants to pass freely though Mexico. When they declared their intent to enter the US, they were given a free pass to travel through Mexico.

Only when threatened with tariffs by president Trump did Mexico finally agree to do something to slow the flood.

134,000/month swimming the Rio Grande and entering Texas illegally certainly are the problem now, and they are currently coming through(if not from) Mexico and were doing so with Mexico's blessings (if not their assistance).....someone sure is helping them with many showing up on the south bank of the Rio in buses.

The first step necessary to solving the illegal alien problem is to stop this flow and those involved in that endeavor along the border all agree a wall is needed. Like they say, "when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging! It's not rocket science. Once the influx is stopped, then we can proceed to resolve the problem of those already here illegally.

Regards,
hm

And almost everyone of the adults finds a job. The few times that there has been a negative flow of illegals is when we are in a recession, when the job sources dry up, they go home. Time to jail the employers so the illegals will go home.
 
No problem with that! Lots of honest, hard working folks have come into the US legally! That is the key, do it legally, don't force your way in, bypassing proper health and criminal screening. Got no problem with that but the system is simply overwhelmed and law and order must be restored.

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hm
 
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