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According to Reuters, between October and February Customs and Border Patrol apprehended 150,304 people attempting to illegally enter the U.S. via the southern border, about 24 percent more than the same timeframe last year. Additionally, the number of unaccompanied minors detained illegally entering the U.S. from October to January — 20,455 — is up by over 100 percent compared to those same months last year.
GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s vow to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border seems to be spurring more illegal immigration in recent months, according to Reuters.
The news agency says there has been an increase in illegal immigration at the southern border as migrants seek to make it into the United States illegally before Trump gets into office and it is too late.
“They think they need to take advantage while they can,” Blanca Rivera, a manager of the Ciudad Juarez migrant shelter, told Reuters. Rivera noted that she has seen the recent increase in northward migration.
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
More Mexican Immigrants LEAVING the US than Entering
This was in November, multiple news sites carried the story, not sure how well the data holds up, but I figured I'd put it out there.
Net Loss of 140,000 from 2009 to 2014; Family Reunification Top Reason for Return
originally posted by: tadaman
a reply to: xuenchen
I cant wait for us to spend billions on a freaking wall. We could just reform immigration laws so people can just use the system properly. But hey why do that?