Confronting the Urgent Crisis at Our Border | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    "We will not rest until our border is secure, our citizens are safe, and we finally end the immigration crisis once and for all."  -  President Donald J. Trump

    GROWING CRISIS: Our country is facing an urgent crisis as illegal aliens stream across our border, including a caravan of thousands heading here at this moment.

           •  Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 saw the highest number of family unit apprehensions and of inadmissible aliens on record - more than 40 percent higher than any previous year.

                 •  Family unit apprehensions at the southern border have increased by a staggering 620 percent since 2013, from 14,855 to 107,212.

           •  The number of unaccompanied minors apprehended along the southern border has grown by 171 percent since 2010.

                 •  United States Border Patrol apprehended 18,411 unaccompanied minors at the southern border in 2010, compared to 50,036 in 2018.

           •  Catch-and-release loopholes backed by Democrats and created by activist judges have blocked us from quickly removing illegal aliens and instead allow them to remain here for years.

                 •  In FY 2000, 95 percent of apprehensions were repatriated within hours as the vast majority were adults from Mexico and not subject to outrageous loopholes.

                 •  In FY 2018, roughly 4 out every 10 aliens apprehended along the southern border face effectively no legal consequence for illegal entry due to loopholes.

           •  There has been a dramatic increase in the number of aliens claiming a fear of return at the southern border over the past several years.

                 •  The number of aliens claiming credible fear of persecution in their home countries has spiked by over 1700 percent since 2010.

                 •  While approximately 80 percent of migrants from the Northern Triangle countries claim credible fear, only 15 percent are granted asylum.

    THREAT TO OUR SECURITY: Our porous southern border has allowed drugs and criminals to flood into our country and endanger the security and well-being of American communities.

           •  CBP stopped 17,256 criminals and 1,019 gang members from entering our country in FY 2018.

           •  Brutal gangs like MS-13 have exploited the influx of unaccompanied minors for recruitment.

           •  Mexico is the source of more than 90 percent of wholesale heroin seized by law enforcement in the United States, up from only 10 percent in 2003.

           •  The amount of fentanyl seized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in FY 2017 (2,370 pounds) was enough to kill every American citizen by overdose.

           •  The southern border is the main entry point for cocaine entering the United States.

           •  Methamphetamine seizures at the southern border jumped by 157 percent from 2012 to 2016.

    DEMOCRATIC OBSTRUCTION: Democrats have blocked all efforts to secure our southern border and protect our communities.

           •  Democrats defend loopholes that enable the release of illegal aliens and further this crisis.

           •  Every single Senate Democrat supports an open-borders bill that would effectively grant amnesty to any alien within 100 miles of the border as long as they arrive with a minor.

           •  Democrats have opposed legislation to crack down on sanctuary cities, be tougher on aliens who reenter after deportation, keep out alien gang members, and fully fund a border wall.

           •  Earlier this year, 90 percent of House Democrats failed to take a stand and vote in favor of a resolution to support the brave men and women of ICE.


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