Illegal border crossings remained high in May despite Trump's crackdown
Source: The Washington Post
By Nick Miroff
June 1 at 2:24 PM
The number of migrants attempting to cross illegally into the United States remained high in May, according to administration officials and Border Patrol agents, an early indication that zero tolerance measures separating parents from their children and President Trumps deployment of National Guard troops have not had an immediate deterrent effect.
The Department of Homeland Security is expected to publish its closely watched monthly arrest totals in coming days, and Trump administration officials are bracing for a new eruption from the president. He has treated the statistics as a gauge for the success of his hard-line immigration policies, and when border arrests fell to historic lows in the months after his inauguration last year, Trump touted the decrease as a personal triumph.
Since then, migration trends have reversed. In March and again in April, border arrests exceeded 50,000, the highest monthly totals of Trumps presidency, sending him into fits of rage, aides say. Trump unloaded on DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen during a Cabinet meeting May 9, scorching her for nearly 30 minutes over the spike in illegal crossings while demanding she close the border.
The Trump administration is preparing to renew its push for an $18 billion border wall plan that would also tighten asylum procedures and overhaul other laws Trump officials say are encouraging illegal behavior. Trump has threatened to shut down the government this fall if Democrats dont provide the funds.
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crazylikafox
(2,758 posts)This could just be a self serving attempt to justify recent harsh enforcement methods.
atreides1
(16,079 posts)Does anyone actually trust Kirstjen Nielsen, Reischfuhrer SS? She's shown that she will accept humiliation in front of the rest of the cabinet to keep her job, why should anything spewing from her mouth be considered to be the truth?
She'll make up most of the report because she needs to please her lord and master, or she'll find her ass out in the cold...that's her entire motivation!!!
Bengus81
(6,931 posts)I wouldn't trust their numbers for a GD second. LIARS all...............