Commentary: 33,000 Migrants from Countries Outside of Mexico and Central America Flock To Weakened US Border
The Biden administration’s argument that border security ought to be weakened in order to accommodate helpless refugees was blown wide open this month. U.S. Customs and Border Protection flagged more than 173,000…
The Biden administration’s argument that Border security ought to be weakened in order to accommodate helpless refugees was blown wide open this month.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection flagged more than 173,000 encounters with migrants at the nation’s southern border in April, up from just over 17,000 last year and 109,000 in 2019.
More than 33,000 of those migrants came from outside El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico.
According to an in-depth report by Axios, approximately 30 percent of all family members who crossed the border in April came from less-typical countries of origin, such as India and Romania, and the influx could mark the beginning of “a more permanent shift in U.S. border migration.”
The report