Illegal Border Crossings Are Down

[FindersKeepers]

It looks as if something must be working...


Border-crossers down -Trump came into office promising to expel the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally, who he says steal American jobs and fuel crime. Most are from Mexico, and many of them have been here for decades, raising families, owning homes and businesses.


Three months into the Trump administration, the number of illegal border-crossers has plunged to a four decade low, according to the Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP).






http://www.france24.com/en/20170414-us-immigration-crackdown-heats-border-crossers-tech-workers

[MisterVeritis]

It looks as if something must be working...

Build the Southern Wall and deport the illegal aliens. This was a core Trump promise.

[Common]

Yep I read this and for the first time in at least 10 yrs they are down

[Peter1469]

The globalists must be pissed.

[Bo-4]

How do you know .. perhaps CPB is catching fewer people or perhaps they are just stumping for the guy they endorsed to be president :confused:

Either way - immigration was at a net negative a year before Trump took office.

http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/11/19/more-mexicans-leaving-than-coming-to-the-u-s/

https://justatheory.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/tmdwa160816.gif

[Peter1469]

globalists are no longer in charge

[Green Arrow]

This is one of the few things I was...let's say ambivalent about, in regards to President Trump. I support more controlled immigration, so long as the policies are sensible.

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - Trump border policy workin'...
http://www.politicalwrinkles.com/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif
DHS Secretary: Number of Illegals Crossing Southern Border Down by Almost 70%
April 17, 2017 | Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the number of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has “dropped off precipitously” by almost 70%.


“The very, very, very good news is, for a lot of different reasons, the number of illegal aliens that are moving up from the south has dropped off precipitously. I mean we're down 65%, 70% in the last two months. These are the months that we should see a steep incline in illegal movement. It's down, as I say, by almost 70%,” Kelly said. “Do you think some of that's been the president's rhetoric in the campaign and basically saying, ‘Well, he won and it's going to be tougher to get across the border?’” NBC’s Chuck Todd asked. “Well, certainly,” Kelly responded.

“Do you think that sort of contributed?” Todd asked. “Absolutely,” Kelly said, “and some of the other things we've done on the border. I mean just my going down to the border on several occasions. You know that Jeff Sessions, the attorney general, was just down there. “The attention being paid to the border certainly has injected into those people-- and the vast majority of them are good people from Central America, but it's injected enough confusion in their minds, I think, and they're just waiting to see what actually does happen,” Kelly added.


http://www.cnsnews.com/s3/files/styles/content_30p/s3/border.png?itok=UbSF27fR

He said marijuana is not a factor in the drug war. “It's three things: methamphetamine, almost all produced in Mexico; heroin, virtually all produced in Mexico, and cocaine that comes up from further south,” Kelly said. “Those three drugs result in the death of I think in '15, I think, of 52,000 people to include opiates. It's a massive problem - 52,000 Americans dead. “You can't put a price on human misery. The cost to the United States is over $250 billion a year.

Kelly said the solution to the drug war “is not arresting a lot of users.” “The solution is a comprehensive drug demand reduction program in the United States that involves every man and woman of goodwill,” he said.

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/dhs-secretary-number-illegals-crossing-southern-border-down-almost-70

[Common]

This is one of the few things I was...let's say ambivalent about, in regards to President Trump. I support more controlled immigration, so long as the policies are sensible.

I suppose its what you consider sensible. I consider stopping as many illegals from crossing the border as possible. Revamping the visa program to allow in AS MANY legitimate workers as needed for certain industries.
Im for fining employers into oblivion for hiring illegal immigrants so they can exploit them by paying lower wages no benefits and not paying federal taxs and unemployment insurance and disability etc

[MisterVeritis]

Just imagine how low the numbers will go once the wall is built.

[rcfieldz]

If they aren't crossing at the border.. how are they gettin' in?