FLOOD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Our porous border and weak laws allow for illegal immigration to go unchecked.
- Newly released data shows that December was a record-breaking month for family unit aliens apprehended at the border.
- 27,518 family unit aliens were apprehended illegally crossing the border last month.
- So far in fiscal year (FY) 2019, there have been more family unit apprehensions through December—75,794—than the FY totals in 5 of the last 7 years.
- For the last three months, an average of 2,000 inadmissible migrants have arrived at our border every day.
- A monthly average of more than 31,000 family units and unaccompanied minors are being apprehended at the border or deemed inadmissible at ports of entry in FY 2019.
- This marks a 136 percent increase from FY 2017.
- There has been a sharp increase in the number of aliens claiming a fear of return at the southern border over the past several years.
- This allows illegal aliens to remain in the United States while their claims are processed.
- These instances have spiked by over 1,700 percent since 2010.
- This flood of migrants to our border has overwhelmed our immigration system.
- There are currently not enough resources to hold those apprehended for the duration of their immigration proceedings.
- Loopholes in our immigration laws hamper authorities from promptly sending family units and unaccompanied minors back to their home countries.
- Immigration courts are severely backlogged—with over 800,000 cases pending.]
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