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Listening to a former Border Patrol agent he said that the single biggest difference between President Trump and Obama regarding border patrol agents is President Trump is ALLOWING the agents to enforce the law that has been on the books since the 1950s.
So even though this guy knows more about the border problems then I ever would, I looked up the following facts:
The month of March [2017] showed a decrease of 64 percent in apprehensions from the same month in 2016, and a 30 percent decrease since just February of this year. Apprehensions are generally viewed as the best metric of how many illegal immigrants successfully crossed the border.
The timing of these decreases is not a coincidence.
The policies that have been implemented since Trump took office have caused many to rethink the risks that they are willing to take in order to come into the United States illegally.
By moving to end policies such as the so-called “catch and release” approach to immigration enforcement, Trump has sent a strong message to those who would enter and remain in the U.S. illegally.
The Department of Homeland Security is increasing the
detention of illegal border crossers,
expanding the use of expedited removals, and moving more
Homeland Security and Justice Department resources to the border so that border crossers do not have to be sent into the U.S. interior to have their cases heard.
Beyond these actions at the border itself, Homeland Security under Trump is also restoring interior enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.
Drop in Border Arrests a Credit to Trump's Enforcement of Law
Coupled with the above simple enforcing existing laws and doing away with “catch and release” , illegal border apprehensions ARE down because illegals know that won't be "caught and released"!
Illegal Border Crossings Have Plunged Since Trump Took Office
So even though this guy knows more about the border problems then I ever would, I looked up the following facts:
The month of March [2017] showed a decrease of 64 percent in apprehensions from the same month in 2016, and a 30 percent decrease since just February of this year. Apprehensions are generally viewed as the best metric of how many illegal immigrants successfully crossed the border.
The timing of these decreases is not a coincidence.
The policies that have been implemented since Trump took office have caused many to rethink the risks that they are willing to take in order to come into the United States illegally.
By moving to end policies such as the so-called “catch and release” approach to immigration enforcement, Trump has sent a strong message to those who would enter and remain in the U.S. illegally.
The Department of Homeland Security is increasing the
detention of illegal border crossers,
expanding the use of expedited removals, and moving more
Homeland Security and Justice Department resources to the border so that border crossers do not have to be sent into the U.S. interior to have their cases heard.
Beyond these actions at the border itself, Homeland Security under Trump is also restoring interior enforcement of U.S. immigration laws.
Drop in Border Arrests a Credit to Trump's Enforcement of Law
Coupled with the above simple enforcing existing laws and doing away with “catch and release” , illegal border apprehensions ARE down because illegals know that won't be "caught and released"!
Illegal Border Crossings Have Plunged Since Trump Took Office