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| US arrested 16,658 migrant family members at border in September |
| 2018-10-25 |
[Al Jazeera] US border agents tossed in the clinkKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! nearly 17,000 members of family units attempting to cross the US border with Mexico in September, a 31 percent increase over the previous month, according to official statistics released on Tuesday. In a news briefing with news hounds on Tuesday, Trump administration officials pointed to the increase in migrant families as evidence of a "border crisis" because those groups are more difficult for immigration enforcement officials to detain and deport because of protections granted by US law to migrant children. Rights groups, however, dispute Trump's claim, saying that while there was an increase in apprehensions in 2018, overall, irregular immigration has been at a historic low over the last few years. The Trump administration expressed alarm at the change in the makeup of About 40 percent of those apprehended in the fiscal years 2017 and 2018 were unaccompanied children or families with children, compared with 10 percent in 2012, according to the Migration Policy Institute, a non-partisan think-tank. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 If apprehended, are they collecting DNA samples for the database, adding tracking devices (just supply with Obummer phones), and enforcing E-Verify for employment? It is very difficult to make it without ID in the US if they do enter but remove the entire family. Biometric ID's make false documents very difficult to make. Tax remittances to pay for technology. And the US has the sovereign right to defend ourselves from an invasion. Plasma gun technology, Ultra-Short Pulse Laser, for crowd control exists, non-lethal in small doses but very lethal if they fail to heed warnings. All options should be on the table. |
| Posted by: Eohippus Dribble5682 2018-10-25 20:44 |
| #1 Just because there are adults with children don't make them family. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2018-10-25 12:24 |