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Illegal immigration remains steady yet again in March

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CBP released border numbers last Friday and they were once again about the same as last month:

Total encounters in February came to 189,000, of which 44,000 were migrants who made appointments for asylum through CBP's mobile app. The number apprehended crossing illegally was 137,000.

7 thoughts on “Illegal immigration remains steady yet again in March”

  1. jamesepowell

    I am shocked to hear that there were any encounters or that anyone was apprehended. The Republicans, who never lie, say that Biden has opened the border to anyone. We are being invaded, overrun, deluged, swamped, and inundated. Soon we will be completely displaced and replaced.

      1. Atticus

        And what happened to those 137,000? Are you saying they were all sent back to their countries? If not, then the border is essentially open. And those 137k are just the ones that were apprehended. How many made it through without being apprehended?

        1. irtnogg

          Nope, neither open nor "essentially open." Claiming asylum, as many crossing the border do, is perfectly legal, and not a sign of "open" anything.
          FWIW, Libertarians support an actual open border. The current policy is basically the Reagan/Bush policy, which was nothing like "open." Maybe go the border sometime and see for yourself.
          SMH

  2. KenSchulz

    The Senate voted on party lines to dismiss the charges against Secretary Mayorkas in the House impeachment. Sen. Mitch McConnell said the members "set a very dangerous precedent here." Apparently with a straight face.
    Note that every House and Senate Republican -- every one -- voted the party line. Every one participated in this stunt. The Republican platform is panem et circenses, only most of us get just the circenses, and the rich get the panem.

  3. not sure why this is all caps

    Setting aside whether we say "illegal" or "undocumented" (I don't care), I think most of those numbers are people who cross not at a point of entry and then claim asylum. Asylum, of course, is a _legal_ immigration procedure. Sure, there is a bit of illegality in crossing not at a port of entry. But calling this kind of immigration "illegal immigration" gives the impression that there are people with coyotes and all that crossing the border to hide among us. This is a very different problem. Still a problem! But a very different one.

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