Crisis At Our Southern Border Is Real And Growing Worse Without The Wall

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Crisis At Our Southern Border Is Real And Growing Worse Without The Wall​

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigra...er-is-real-and-growing-worse-without-the-wall
By Buck Sexton ~~ The federal government has reopened, but the talking points pushed by the Democrats about the southern border remain the same. They falsely say there is “no crisis.” They claim that a barrier or wall would do nothing to curb illegal immigration or drug smuggling, which is demonstrably untrue. The “humanitarian challenge” that members of Congress refer to is actually an inundation of migrants at the border that hurts the overall mission of law enforcement officials and threatens to crash the system. What is new here is the unprecedented and growing surge of migrant family arrivals at our border with Mexico over the past year. Last month alone, more than 27,000 family units, defined as at least one adult and child together, were processed into custody. This is putting a major strain on resources meant for a primarily law enforcement mission. In fact, human smugglers for the cartels use the surrender of family units as a diversionary tactic. Once Border Patrol is engaged in one area, the smugglers will use that opportunity to run drugs onto American soil. Logistically, government agencies that are meant to police, detain, and process illegal aliens are bursting at the seams. Most Border Patrol holding facilities were designed decades ago for predominantly individual male illegal alien entrants. Now there are crowded with women and children, an increasing number of whom have serious medical needs. Cases of H1N1, scabies, tuberculosis, and other highly infectious diseases have been reported among recent border crossers. Border Patrol is supposed to be a law enforcement agency tasked with preventing illegal entry into the United States. Instead, it is now often forced to act more like a makeshift Red Cross, providing food, housing, and medicine to women and children who have placed themselves in dangerous circumstances. This all comes at large cost to taxpayers, and the provision of frontline medical care to illegal crossers and asylum seekers will only act as more incentive to make the journey northward.... The border crisis has been decades in the making. Much of it can be fixed in a matter of months, but only if partisanship gives way to sound policy. With another possible shutdown looming, the American people will see over the next few weeks who is serious, and who is just playing politics.



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Illegal aliens cost American taxpayers more than $300 Billion a year for Social welfare benefits like health care, and education. That does not include the costs from protecting Americans from the crimes omitted by these illegals.
"63% of ‘non-citizens’ are on welfare"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...on-citizens-on-welfare-4-6-million-households

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Illegal immigrants are also getting billions annually by fraudulently claiming child tax credits:
https://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-costs-billions

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As of 2017, IRS still hasn't closed the loophole
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov...

 

[Exquisitor]

Open boarders.

https://www.debatepolitics.com/immigration/345571-immigration.html

 

[americanwoman]

Crisis At Our Southern Border Is Real And Growing Worse Without The Wall​

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigra...er-is-real-and-growing-worse-without-the-wall
By Buck Sexton ~~ The federal government has reopened, but the talking points pushed by the Democrats about the southern border remain the same. They falsely say there is “no crisis.” They claim that a barrier or wall would do nothing to curb illegal immigration or drug smuggling, which is demonstrably untrue. The “humanitarian challenge” that members of Congress refer to is actually an inundation of migrants at the border that hurts the overall mission of law enforcement officials and threatens to crash the system. What is new here is the unprecedented and growing surge of migrant family arrivals at our border with Mexico over the past year. Last month alone, more than 27,000 family units, defined as at least one adult and child together, were processed into custody. This is putting a major strain on resources meant for a primarily law enforcement mission. In fact, human smugglers for the cartels use the surrender of family units as a diversionary tactic. Once Border Patrol is engaged in one area, the smugglers will use that opportunity to run drugs onto American soil. Logistically, government agencies that are meant to police, detain, and process illegal aliens are bursting at the seams. Most Border Patrol holding facilities were designed decades ago for predominantly individual male illegal alien entrants. Now there are crowded with women and children, an increasing number of whom have serious medical needs. Cases of H1N1, scabies, tuberculosis, and other highly infectious diseases have been reported among recent border crossers. Border Patrol is supposed to be a law enforcement agency tasked with preventing illegal entry into the United States. Instead, it is now often forced to act more like a makeshift Red Cross, providing food, housing, and medicine to women and children who have placed themselves in dangerous circumstances. This all comes at large cost to taxpayers, and the provision of frontline medical care to illegal crossers and asylum seekers will only act as more incentive to make the journey northward.... The border crisis has been decades in the making. Much of it can be fixed in a matter of months, but only if partisanship gives way to sound policy. With another possible shutdown looming, the American people will see over the next few weeks who is serious, and who is just playing politics.



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Illegal aliens cost American taxpayers more than $300 Billion a year for Social welfare benefits like health care, and education. That does not include the costs from protecting Americans from the crimes omitted by these illegals.
"63% of ‘non-citizens’ are on welfare"
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/...on-citizens-on-welfare-4-6-million-households

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Illegal immigrants are also getting billions annually by fraudulently claiming child tax credits:
https://www.wthr.com/article/tax-loophole-costs-billions

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As of 2017, IRS still hasn't closed the loophole
https://www.hsgac.senate.gov...

https://www.cbp.gov/careers/apply-now-usbp